Association of Family Support and Welfare Selangor and Kuala Lumpur said that three women successfully obtained forms for citizenship documents at the National Registration Department headquarters in Putrajaya on Wednesday , as authorised by the High Court.
“Then, their children will finally be recognised as Malaysian citizens, and the mothers can use the citizenship confirmation certificate to obtain their children’s identity cards,” she said in a statement on Facebook. In the same statement, Family Frontiers also highlighted the High Court judgment to dismiss the government’s application, even before the appeal proper is heard by the Court of Appeal in March 2022, as respectful of Malaysian women’s status as equal citizens, individuals of equal worth and dignity as men.
“I am immensely relieved that the court order was followed and I look forward to the department’s processing of the relevant documents for my child’s citizenship.On Dec 18 last year, Kempe and six Malaysian women filed the suit, seeking six specific court orders including a declaration that Section 1 and Section 1 be read harmoniously with Article 8 to include Malaysian mothers as a condition for children born abroad to be given automatic Malaysian citizenship.