Concerns Over Constitutional Amendments On Child Statelessness

Suri Kempe, President, Family Frontiers

27-Jun-23 08:30

Concerns Over Constitutional Amendments On Child Statelessness

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Following the amendment to the Federal Constitution to allow Malaysian mothers to confer automatic citizenship on children born overseas, equal to Malaysian fathers, we speak to Suri Kempe, President of Family Frontiers for more details over proposed amendments that could exacerbate child statelessness

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Produced by: Shazana Mokhtar

Presented by: Philip See, Shazana Mokhtar, Mark Tan

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Categories: government, Law/Activism

Tags: malaysian citizenship, government,

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