How to solve statelessness while pushing amendments to remove citizenship rights, home minister asked
Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail's call for a 'win-win situation' baffles rights lawyers who are against the controversial move.
Decision of govt, not rulers, Bersatu slams Anwar on amendments to citizenship laws
Bersatu calls for a halt to the narrative attributing responsibility to the Conference of Rulers.
Don't pass the constitutional amendment buck to rulers
These amendments to the constitution relating to the granting of citizenship were proposed by Anwar Ibrahim’s Madani government and did not arise from the Conference of Rulers.
Dear home minister, the stateless are not 'migrants and others'
Lawyers for Liberty takes Saifuddin Nasution Ismail to task over his defence of proposed amendments to the Federal Constitution relating to citizenship laws.
Putrajaya pushes on with plan to remove citizenship protection for abandoned kids, disadvantaged groups
Experts and activists have urged the government against bundling five 'regressive' amendments with the much welcomed amendment to grant equal rights to Malaysian mothers.
Lawyers slam 'inexcusable' treatment of siblings at JPN
Lawyers for Liberty says the National Registration Department sought to add unnecessary and unlawful conditions to their applications for citizenship.
Lawyers urge Anwar’s govt to intervene in plight of 4 siblings denied citizenship
They say the prime minister has a moral duty to help them.
Home minister must not usurp citizenship rights in constitution
Lawyers group Lawyers for Liberty takes Saifuddin Nasution Ismail to task over his statement that the power to grant citizenship is the exclusive right of the federal government.
Home ministry vetting over 9,500 citizenship applications, says Saifuddin
The home minister says the government has also finished the draft amendment to Part III of the Federal Constitution regarding citizenship, which will be presented to the Rulers’ Council this month.
On Merdeka eve, govt warned against proceeding with 'cruel' amendments to citizenship laws
Two lawyers and two activists join hands in urging Putrajaya to stop the plan which they say will create a new class of stateless people including children.
Proposed amendments to citizenship laws to be presented to rulers after state polls
Law minister Azalina Othman Said says the government is preparing a document on the proposed amendments to Part III and the First and Second Schedules of the Federal Constitution.
Ex-special officer to minister nabbed over RM25,000 bribe to approve citizenship
The suspect is being held under Section 16(a)(A) of the MACC Act 2009.
