A grandfather is frustrated after being required to pay foreign student fees for his granddaughter's schooling even after the Home Ministry approved the 15-year-old's citizenship application last January.

Speaking to Malaysiakini, P Sadanathan, 73, said his granddaughter Mathumitha Deevakaran was a Form Three student at SMK Tunku Sofiah in Alor Setar, Kedah.

"Her mother is an Indonesian citizen and her father is a Malaysian citizen. However, (previously) she and her younger brother...