Only overseas-born children of Malaysian fathers can get citizenship by operation of law, according to the Court of Appeal.

Judge Kamaludin Md Said stated this in the written full grounds of judgment of last Friday’s Appellate Court 2-1 majority ruling to deny citizenship to overseas-born kids of Malaysian mothers and foreign fathers.

According to the full grounds released today and sighted by Malaysiakini, Kamaludin said the Kuala Lumpur High Court last year erred when it interpreted the word...