Princess meets stateless boy as vote on citizenship amendments nears

Activist groups are making a final push to appeal to lawmakers’ hearts and have them reject regressive elements in the government's planned citizenship amendments due to be debated and voted on in the Dewan Rakyat tomorrow.

As part of this effort, Kedah's Tunku Puteri Intan Safinaz Sultan Abdul Halim met with a stateless boy known as Haiqal, and his adoptive mother Hazlina Hamzah to learn about their plight and challenges.

In a video published by The Fourth yesterday, the Malaysian Red Crescent Society chairperson learned from Hazlina that she had adopted Haiqal when he was...