Cut the red tape for citizenship applications for stateless people, urges Lawyers for Liberty


PETALING JAYA: Social rights organisation Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) has called on the government to address the red tape involved in the application process for citizenship by stateless people.

LFL adviser N. Surendran said that hundreds of cases involving statelessness had been left unresolved by "unlawful actions and hurdles" by National Registration Department (NRD) officers.

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