Muslim-Malay groups call for review of 1.75 million citizenships for non-Malays


Melati A. Jalil

A GROUP of 22 Muslim-Malay organisations today challenged the citizenships granted to 1.75 million non-Malays between 1957 and 1970.. 

The organisations, in a newly formed movement called Barisan Bertindak Melayu Islam (Bertindak), said they would be challenging in court the legality of the citizenships awarded during the period because the recipients had not followed the procedure for citizenship stipulated in the Federal Constitution.


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  • Of course any Malay group will not worth its salt if it did not include the word ISLAM.

    Posted 6 years ago by 2016 Lalor

  • If not for the Chinese , Indians and others, this country would not be where it is today and these Malays will not be enjoying the fruits of their hard labour.These people should be grateful to them instead of questioning their rights to citizenship.Those people have invested almost all their earning here unlike the Indonesians, Bangladeshis, Pakistanis, and other Muslims who have been given instant citizenship and who are sending most of their earnings to their home countries.The capital outflow by these people runs into the RM billions each year.These Malays, especially the consummer groups, should be worried about that.

    Posted 6 years ago by Tony suppiah