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Melayu kahwin dengan warga asing Islam boleh daftar anak sebagai Melayu, kata Saifuddin

Menteri dalam negeri berkata pasangan itu juga boleh memilih sama ada anak mereka mendaftar ikut keturunan ibu atau bapa.

Melayu kahwin dengan warga asing Islam boleh daftar anak sebagai Melayu, kata Saifuddin

Menteri Dalam Negeri Malaysia Saifuddin Nasution Ismail clarified on Tuesday that marrying an ethnic Malay Muslim does not automatically make a foreign spouse a Malay citizen. (Picture by Bernama) The Dewan Rakyat was informed that a Malay descendant child married to a foreign Muslim spouse can be registered as Malay. The citizenship of the child is determined by whether the mother or father is a Malay citizen, either by descent or naturalization.

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