"I am asking Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to help me to go to school next year."

So wrote 10-year-old Shivaani in a letter to the prime minister after she was denied entry to school by the Education Ministry in March this year.

Shivaani was a student at Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Sri Pagi in Senawang studying from Year One to Year Three. However, the school informed the family in March this year that Shivaani could not continue to Year Four due to citizenship documentation issues.

In a letter to the prime minister sighted by Malaysiakini, Shivaani wrote...