Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) has taken aim at Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh for praising Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, whom she described as being better than his predecessors in tackling citizenship and statelessness issues.

LFL executive director Zaid Malek called Yeoh’s remarks “shocking and embarrassing,” saying they come at a time when Malaysia is embroiled in an international scandal exposing unjust and preferential treatment by the Home Ministry and the National Registration Department (NRD) in handling such cases.