Minister: Govt can't amend Constitution to give kids born abroad citizenship

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said amending the Federal Constitution to provide citizenship to overseas-born children through their Malaysian mothers is beyond the powers of the government. 

He said a constitutional amendment would require the involvement of the Conference of Rulers. 

Wan Junaidi (above) said that the government would only decide...