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Foreign spouses do not automatically qualify as Bumiputera, says Saifuddin

FOREIGN Muslims who marry Malaysians of Malay descent do not automatically become Malay or acquire Bumiputera status, Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said.

  • Foreign spouses of Malays do not automatically gain Bumiputera status.
  • Bumiputera eligibility determined by laws, policies, and conditions.
  • Child's registration can be parent's ethnicity, not foreign parent's.

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