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Cabinet continues appeal on sexist citizenship law to 'avoid contempt'

The cabinet will continue its appeal over the Kuala Lumpur High Court’s recent declaration of automatic citizenship for overseas-born children of Malaysian mums and foreign dads.

Home Minister Hamzah Zainudin, who revealed this at a press conference today, reiterated that this was meant to avoid contempt...

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