Following the death of the father of an eight-year-old boy, who is suing the government for denying him citizenship, the High Court in Kuala Lumpur today fixed Sept 22 to hear the application for a substitute litigant.

High Court judge Nik Hasmat Nik Mohamad was infomed in chambers that the 63-year-old adoptive father of the boy, Yu Meng Qeung, died from leukemia on Aug 20.

Yu acted as litigant in the civil suit of the child, adopted in 2008, who could not represent himself in the lawsuit because of his age.