S’wak urges faster citizenship approval for adopted kids


At last: Awang Afferoz (right) presenting the citizenship document to Yusuf (left) for his daughter Mikayla, witnessed by Fatimah, at the Sarawak Legislative Assembly complex. — ZULAZHAR SHEBLEE/The Star

KUCHING: Four-year-old Mikayla Hanna is now a Malaysian citizen after a three-year wait for her application to be approved.

Mikayla was stateless when she was adopted by Yusuf Kamil, 34, and Nuridzyan Syazwani Ja’afar, 33, at the age of one.

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