PETALING JAYA: Malaysians have expressed their disappointment over the government’s move to appeal last week’s High Court decision which allowed Malaysian mothers the right to confer citizenship to their children. Two of Rekha’s three children are still waiting for their Malaysian citizenship – after ten years of applying and re-applying. Following the landmark High Court decision, the government filed a notice of appeal this week. This, says NGO Family Frontiers who filed the suit along with six Malaysian mothers, sends a clear message that the government is in favour of “the continued discrimination and marginalisation of Malaysian mothers”. “Justice delayed is justice denied,” the group said in their statement, where it also called on Malaysians to sign a petition calling on the government to withdraw its appeal.

Source: The Star September 14, 2021 22:18 UTC