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Maria slams deputy home minister for being insensitive to nationality issue

Deputy Home Minister Ismail Mohamed Said has drawn flak for citing national security concerns in denying citizenship for the children of Malaysian women with foreign spouses.

In a statement today, PKR Petaling Jaya MP Maria Chin Abdullah slammed Ismail for making an ignorant and ill-thought comment and she claimed the deputy minister was insensitive to the status of Malaysian women and children...

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