Malaysia court overturns landmark citizenship ruling for women

Almost 600 submissions for citizenship from the overseas-born children of Malaysian women were received after last year's High Court ruling [Courtesy of Family Frontiers]

Malaysia’s appeal court has overturned a landmark decision that women should be able to pass on their citizenship to children born overseas in the same way as Malaysian men.

In a 2-1 decision, the judges sided with the government and rejected the September 2021 ruling by the High Court that Malaysian women had the same right as men to confer citizenship on their children.