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The Unfair Discrimination When Conferring Citizenship

11 mins·07:45, 19 Aug 2022
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The Unfair Discrimination When Conferring Citizenship

11 mins
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07:45, 19 Aug 2022
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Guest: YB Kasthuri Patto, Member of Parliament, Batu Kawan

The Court of Appeal earlier this month overturned the 2021 landmark decision of the High Court in Kuala Lumpur,

which ruled that Malaysian mothers have the same right as Malaysian fathers to confer citizenship by operation of law to children born overseas. We speak to YB Kasthuri Patto, Member of Parliament for Batu Kawan for how we can change the law and why the delay.

Presenter: Wong Shou Ning, Philip See

Producer: Sim Wie Boon

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