Family Frontiers and six Malaysian mothers have filed an appeal at the Federal Court today in its bid for Malaysian mothers to be accorded the same right as Malaysian fathers in granting citizenship to children born overseas.

The Court of Appeal had on Aug 5 decided to allow the government’s appeal to overturn a 2021 landmark decision by the Kuala Lumpur High Court that Malaysian mothers, like Malaysian fathers, can also confer citizenship to children born overseas.

In a statement today, Family Frontiers said...