Minister's reading of foundling clause is wrong - activists

Stateless and citizenship rights rights activists have called out Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail over his latest justification for a government’s proposal to amend the citizenship law related to foundlings.

Specifically, they cited Saifuddin’s winding-up speech in the Dewan Rakyat today over the amendment against automatic citizenship granted to foundlings and abandoned children.

The minister had said...