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Zuraida upset by court decision depriving child of citizenship
No child should be deprived of the fundamental right of citizenship on grounds of illegitimacy, said Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin.
The minister, in a statement, said she is greatly concerned about the majority decision of the Federal Court to deny an illegitimate child Malaysian citizenship despite him having a Malaysian biological father...
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