Penang Deputy Chief Minister II P Ramasamy said the Citizenship Programme to resolve the problem of statelessness in the state under his care is fighting a losing battle.

He said the people who are seeking Malaysian citizenship are feeling “fatigued and fed up” with the bureaucratic process at the National Registration Department (NRD).

‘We can only help them, we cannot apply on their behalf when it comes to birth certificates and citizenship applications,” Ramasamy said at a press conference in George Town today.