Federal Court rules illegitimate child not entitled to citizenship

PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has ruled that a 10-year-old boy born to a Malaysian father and a Filipino mother is not entitled to Malaysian citizenship. In a narrow 4-3 verdict, judge Rohana Yusuf said the appeal was dismissed as the boy was illegitimate at the time of his birth and the parents were only married …

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