Monday, 3 August 2026 Malacca City
M Malaysia Dispatch

Fast, factual wire coverage from across Malaysia and the region.

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#family-law

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High Court Rules Pahang-Born Woman Not Automatically a Citizen

A Pahang-born woman has lost her High Court challenge for automatic Malaysian citizenship after Judge Norliza Othman ruled she could not establish her parents were legally married, causing her citizenship to follow her Indonesian mother instead.

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