{
  "id": 17882223,
  "title": "Mahkamah isytihar anak angkat lahir di Malaysia sebagai warganegara",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/mahkamah-isytihar-anak-angkat-lahir-di-malaysia-sebagai-warganegara",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/11/03/mahkamah-isytihar-anak-angkat-lahir-di-malaysia-sebagai-warganegara"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Malaysian High Court, Mahkamah Tinggi Ipoh, ruled that a child born in Malaysia with unknown biological parents is entitled to Malaysian citizenship, according to the latest report. In the case involving a couple who adopted a child and claimed them as their own children, the court found that the government failed to prove the child's citizenship in any other country or that the biological mother was a permanent resident in Malaysia. Judge Moses Susayan stated that the child should not bear the consequences of false information provided by adults responsible for registering its birth. The court held that the child did not participate in the registration process or commit any fraud. The case involved an application by a married couple who took the child as their adopted child and also represented them as litigants, after the National Registration Department (JPN) removed their names as biological parents from the original birth records. The couple initially registered the child as their biological child before JPN discovered they were not their biological parents. The birth certificate issued later stated that the parents' information was unavailable. The second applicant (adoptive mother) was accused of providing false information during the registration process and was penalized accordingly. The couple later received a confirmation order. However, JPN listed the child as not being a Malaysian citizen. Susayan decided that the child was entitled to citizenship under Section 1(a) Article II, Section 19B of the Constitution, which provides for the assumption of citizenship for newly born infants found abandoned. He noted that the provision should be interpreted broadly to protect the abandoned child and its biological parents who are unable to be located. The court also found the child entitled to citizenship under Section 1(e), as there was no evidence indicating the child was a citizen of any other country or acquired citizenship within a year after birth. The court rejected the government's argument that the couple was responsible for proving the child's citizenship in any other country. The court directed JPN and the government to correct the child's birth records and issue a birth certificate and MyKad, acknowledging the child as a Malaysian citizen within 30 days. Agalya Munusamy and Kritika Padmanapan represented the adoptive parents, while Senior Advocate Norazlinawati Arshad represented the government.",
  "summary": "Mahkamah Tinggi putuskan kanak-kanak tidak sepatutnya menanggung akibat kesalahan orang dewasa dalam pendaftaran kelahiran asalnya.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}