PETALING JAYA: Lawyers for Liberty has urged the home ministry to resolve the problem of stateless children as their futures are at stake.
Human rights lawyer N Surendran said such cases had been occurring for a long time, yet nothing had been done.
Speaking at a press conference on the wrongful denial of citizenship to young Malaysians, he said there were many children who were born in Malaysia but had been denied their fundamental rights by the government, including the National Registration Department (JPN) and the home ministry.
“Under the Federal Constitution, the children are entitled to citizenship, but their rights have been denied.
“The authorities have breached the law by not following the provision under the Federal Constitution,” he said today. Read more