Woman abandoned as infant not entitled to citizenship by operation of law, says Court of Appeal
PUTRAJAYA: A woman found abandoned at a bus station when she was about one year old is not entitled to Malaysian citizenship by operation of law, the Court of Appeal ruled recently.
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