The Court of Appeal in a 2-1 majority decision ruled that the 27-year-old man who was born in Sabah to a Sarawakian father and a mother believed to be from Indonesia is entitled to Malaysian citizenship.

Justice Che Mohd Ruzima Ghazali who delivered the majority ruling said Wong Kueng Hui has fulfilled Article 14(1)(b) of the Federal Constitution (FC) read together with the Second Schedule, Part II under Section 1(e) of the FC to be granted the status of citizenship by operation of law.

In dismissing the government’s appeal against...