PARLIAMENT | The present federal administration had an “easy job” granting Malaysian women married to foreigners the right to confer citizenship to their children born abroad, said a former deputy minister.

Mas Ermieyati Samsudin (Perikatan Nasional-Masjid Tanah) said the government only needed to approve a proposal to amend the Federal Constitution while the previous government, which she was a part of, conducted studies on the matter.

“The present government...