Court dismisses govt’s stay application over citizenship for children

 

Six Malaysian mothers and representatives from Family Frontiers after an earlier hearing at the Kuala Lumpur High Court.

PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has dismissed the government’s application to stay a High Court ruling that children born overseas to Malaysian mothers are entitled to citizenship by operation of law.

The government, the home minister and the national registration department (JPN) director-general had applied for the stay of execution pending their appeal against the High Court decision to be heard in March.

Appellate judges Kamaludin Md Said, S Nantha Balan and See Mee Chun dismissed their application via a Zoom meeting today, NGO group Family Frontiers said.

It said this meant Malaysian mothers would be able to register their children for Malaysian citizenship, as per the High Court ruling.

The court will still hear the government’s appeal on March 23, together with another case involving a woman born overseas to a Malaysian mother.

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