‘Rescind policy to allow adopted, stateless kids to go to school’


Ramasamy having a video call with a family and their adopted daughter after briefing reporters about their plight at his office in Komtar.

STATELESS children adopted by Malaysians have been allegedly prevented from being enrolled in schools following a policy change that requires the children to produce passports to enrol in government schools.

Parent M. V. Krishnan, 64, said his 13-year-old adopted daughter was supposed to go to Form One this year but could not because of the new policy.

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