The Oct 17 Citizenship Amendment Bill: A step forward or a misstep?


  • Letters
  • Saturday, 19 Oct 2024

THE proposed constitutional amendments to Malaysia’s citizenship laws initially emerged as a noble effort to address long-standing gender inequality, aiming to grant Malaysian women the right to confer citizenship on their overseas-born children—something already afforded to Malaysian fathers.

However, when the proposed amendments were finally revealed late last year, they included several controversial and regressive changes, sparking widespread concern.

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