KOTA KINABALU: Sabah has agreed to set up a Special Committee on Citizenship Status and a special task force to address issues of Sabah residents without identification documents. Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor said the state Cabinet had in a meeting endorsed the formation of the special committee to scrutinise, ascertain, coordinate and assist in...
GUA MUSANG: The Home Ministry has approved nearly 14,000 citizenship applications to date, says Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail. The Home Minister said that, based on data collected since 2013, 75% of these approvals fall under Article 15A of the Federal Constitution, which involves illegitimate children, adopted children, and foster children. "The remaining cases fall under Article...
PUTRAJAYA: There will be meritocracy in the intake of Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) holders continuing their studies at the matriculation level, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. "We have chosen a path that we believe is fair and reasonable. If they (the students) are citizens and residents of Malaysia, we must support them, but we...
PETALING JAYA: The government will table the proposed amendments to Article 14 (1) (b) of the Federal Constitution relating to the citizenship of children born overseas in Parliament this month, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The Prime Minister said it was to amend the word "father" to "parents" or "mother or father" after the draft was...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Yang di-Pertuan Agong has the power to grant pardons, reprieves and respites in respect of all offences which have been tried by court-martial and all offences committed in the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya, while the Ruler or Governor of a state has similar power in respect of all...
PETALING JAYA: The government should drop new amendments to the Federal Constitution as it will create a new class of stateless people, activists say. “Infants and children will be punished from birth.This proposed amendment flies in the face of the reason for its original incorporation into the Federal Constitution. This history is important,” they said in...
