These are some of the frustrations Malaysian women had to bear with due to the present law that does not allow them to confer Malaysian citizenship to their children born overseas. This, however, does not apply to Malaysian men, who can extend citizenship to their children born to foreign spouses abroad. The government is now working towards solving this inequality, with proposals to amend the Federal Constitution in future. In effect, she says the High Court’s ruling means that a child born to any Malaysian is a Malaysian. “It should be no different for Malaysian women,” she says.

Source: The Star September 26, 2021 00:26 UTC