PUTRAJAYA: The country's highest court has ruled that a non-Muslim cannot cite a Muslim as co-respondent on an allegation of adultery to a petition for judicial separation.
The Federal Court, in a majority 4-3 decision, Friday dismissed an appeal by a 10-year-old boy who was born to a Malaysian father and a Filipino mother to get Malaysian citizenship
Boy born to Filipino mother and Malaysian father loses appeal to get citizenship 28 May 2021 / 14:54 H. -Pix for illustration purposes
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court, in a majority 4-3 decision, today dismissed an appeal by a 10-year-old boy who was born to a Malaysian father and a Filipino mother to get Malaysian citizenship.
Court of Appeal President Tan Sri Rohana Yusuf, who delivered the court’s majority decision, said the child did not meet the requisite criteria under the Federal Constitution to be declared a Malaysian citizen by operation of law.
The child was born in the Philippines in September 2010 and a few months later, he and his parents travelled to Malaysia where the couple registered their marriage in February 2011.
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has denied a 10-year-old boy citizenship here because he was born months before his Malaysian biological father married his Filipino mother.