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LFL: Govt using citizenship issue of overseas-born kids to push 'cruel' laws

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The government has finally revealed the proposed amendments to the Federal Constitution on citizenship to civil society organisations, but Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) said it has only caused more alarm.

LFL director Zaid Malek claimed that the government is using the excuse of solving citizenship for children born abroad to Malaysian mothers, to introduce other dangerous provisions related to citizenship.

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