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'PM's Malaysian Family torn apart by govt's appeal against citizenship ruling'

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DAP MPs are calling on the government to withdraw their appeal against the court’s decision of automatic citizenship for overseas-born children of Malaysian mothers and foreign fathers.

Former deputy women, family and community development minister Hannah Yeoh, called on Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob to “urgently” instruct Attorney-General Idrus Harun to withdraw the appeal and similarly instruct the Home Ministry to respect and implement the High Court ruling.

“This episode alone has shown so many... 

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