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Cops wag finger at vigilantes
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Cops wag finger at vigilantes
Cops want KK Mart charged
Foundling amendment dropped, sort of
Cops wag finger at vigilantes
Cops gave a warning to vigilantes not to take the law into their own hands.
However, as of writing, police have not initiated any investigations against those who have confronted, doxxed, or threatened others over the 'Allah' socks controversy.
This is because no police reports had been lodged.
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Cops want KK Mart charged
The police are recommending criminal charges against KK Mart and the supplier Xin Jiang Chang who supplied the socks with the word "Allah" on them.
However, what charges under what law were recommended is unclear.
Overall, police found 14 pairs of the controversial socks.
Both KK Mart and Xin Jiang Chang claimed that the incident was due to oversight.
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Foundling amendment dropped, sort of
The government has agreed to drop a controversial constitutional amendment which would deny automatic citizenship to foundling babies.
The government also dropped an amendment that would affect stateless Orang Asli.
However, it’s too early to celebrate activists say.
They argue that foundlings’ right to citizenship may be inadvertently restricted if the government proceeds with plans to deny children of "permanent residents" automatic citizenship.
This is because the provision for foundlings states that these babies are considered to be children of mothers who are "permanently residents" of the country and therefore entitled to automatic citizenship.
Other controversial amendments that are still on the table include one to shorten the window for stateless Malaysians to register for citizenship from 21 years to 18 years.
Another amendment could end up depriving foreign wives of Malaysian men of citizenship if they decide to leave a bad marriage.
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