COMMENT | We refer to the press statement issued by the National Registration Department (NRD) yesterday that claimed that the four stateless siblings “refused to cooperate” in resolving their citizenship issue.

The four stateless siblings; Aziq (24), Azreen (22), Azzahra (12), and Azalea (9), went to NRD Putrajaya yesterday to obtain acknowledgement of their Malaysian citizenship. They went upon the invitation of NRD itself, made through a press release on Tuesday evening. 

Shockingly, not only were they denied assistance, but NRD has now maliciously resorted to defamatory statements in order to shift the blame upon the four siblings who have suffered for years due to NRD’s own wrongdoings and administrative failures. 

It is blatantly false that...