Law preventing M'sian mothers to confer nationality on their children is archaic and discriminatory, says Hannah Yeoh

PETALING JAYA: A law that stops Malaysian mothers from conferring their nationality on their children is archaic and discriminatory because every child, whose either parent is Malaysian, should be granted citizenship, says Hannah Yeoh.

The Segambut MP, who was former deputy Women, Family and Community Development minister, said that the existing policy reduces the option for Malaysian women who are seeking divorces, protection or relief because it assumes the presence of the father figure in a happy family setting.