Malay Mail·4 min read·hard
Court of Appeal rules children born out of wedlock cannot inherit Malaysian father’s citizenship
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Ida Lim
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The Malaysian Court of Appeal has ruled that children born out of wedlock to Malaysian fathers and non-Malaysian mothers are not automatically entitled to Malaysian citizenship. The court upheld the decision that these individuals must follow the citizenship status of their foreign mothers.
KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 — The Court of Appeal today unanimously decided that two persons who were born in Malaysia are not entitled to be Malaysian citizens under the Federal Constitution, as their biological Malaysian fathers were not married to their non-Malaysian mothers when they were born.
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