PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has set June 22 to give its verdict on the appeal by the government seeking to overturn a lower court ruling that children born overseas to Malaysian mothers who are married to foreigners are entitled to automatic Malaysian citizenship.
The Federal Court Friday granted Malaysian citizenship to a 17-year-old teenager who was born in a hospital in Kuala Lumpur to an unknown mother and adopted by a Malaysian couple
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Published on: Saturday, July 03, 2021
By: Bernama
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PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court here Friday upheld the Court of Appeal’s order that news portal Malaysiakini and three others have to pay RM200,000 in damages to Raub Australian Gold Mining Sdn Bhd (RAGM) over the publication of defamatory articles relating to gold mining activities in Bukit Koman, Raub Pahang.
The five-member bench led by Federal Court judge Datuk Vernon Ong Lam Kiat, in a majority 3-2 decision, dismissed the appeal by Mkini Dotcom Sdn Bhd, the company which operates news portal Malaysiakini, and three other former members of the editorial team.