Saifuddin touts 80pct citizenship approval amid backlash

Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail has touted a “super majority” in approving citizenship applications amid backlash over his ministry’s imminent constitutional amendments on citizenship. 

As of March 7 this year, Saifuddin announced that his ministry had decided on 3,903 citizenship applications under Article 15(2) of the Federal Constitution involving individuals under the age of 21...