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                                <title><![CDATA[ Lawyers to accompany boy to JPN, slam 'bureaucratic madness' despite court order to issue MyKad ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 04:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Instead of complying with a High Court order to issue a blue MyKad, the 17-year-old was sent away with 24 sets of irrelevant forms. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Lawyers slam Hannah Yeoh's 'tone-deaf' praise for Saifuddin amid outrage over citizenship scandal ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2025 01:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The sports minister's statement is shocking, coming at a time when 'double standards and hypocrisy are clear for all to see', says Lawyers for Liberty. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Shameful double standard in our citizenship system ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 03:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ While these players obtained Malaysian citizenship with suspicious ease despite having no genuine ancestral link, stateless children born and raised on Malaysian soil continue to suffer from bureaucratic neglect. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ 'It's not their fault': Elderly couple worry about stateless children in their care ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2025 01:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Noraini Hasan and Zubir Ramli are willing to be separated if it means that the children they have been taking care of have a chance at an education. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Stateless no longer for young Suki ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Three years after her story of loss and statelessness touched the country, Suki Wong Pei Yee has her blue MyKad in hand. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ 'Special Branch' at public universities raises questions about government's commitment to academic freedom ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ This followed participants at a forum on statelessness refusing to leave after the event was deliberately interrupted by power cuts. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ MPs must reject catastrophic constitutional amendment bill ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Eric Paulsen ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2024 01:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Home minister has conflated the number of foreigners in the country to mean Malaysian permanent residents. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Suhakam alarmed by Sabah government's stance on controversial citizenship changes ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2024 12:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The government's human rights monitor again calls for the proposed changes to be dropped. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Statelessness in Sabah: A call to restore human dignity ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2024 09:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ By addressing statelessness, we not only correct a grave injustice, but also enrich society with contributions of those who have been marginalised for far too long. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Mum's citizenship comes a day too late for stateless woman ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2024 00:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Fatimah has been without citizenship for four decades and is upset with government and opposition leaders alike ]]></description>
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