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Mon, 08/09/2010 - 20:10
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14,179 FOREIGNERS GIVEN MALAYSIAN CITIZENSHIP
IPOH, Malaysia, Aug 9 (Bernama) -- Out of 29,677 applications for Malaysian
citizenship received between 2007 and 2009, 14,179 of them had been approved,
Deputy Home Minister Lee Chee Leong said.
The remaining 15,498 applications were still being processed and expected to be
finalised by end of the year, he added.
He said all applications for citizenship would be vetted and only those eligible
would be accorded the status.
Lee told this to reporters after presenting the Malaysian citizenship papers to
132 permanent residents from Indonesia, India, Taiwan, China, Myanmar and
Thailand, aged between 12 and 80, here Monday.
The recipients included Mumtaz Malika Kanan Mohamaed, 45, from India, who had
been in the country since 1989 after following her husband.
She thanked the Malaysian government and vowed to contribute to the country.
--BERNAMA
citizenship received between 2007 and 2009, 14,179 of them had been approved,
Deputy Home Minister Lee Chee Leong said.
The remaining 15,498 applications were still being processed and expected to be
finalised by end of the year, he added.
He said all applications for citizenship would be vetted and only those eligible
would be accorded the status.
Lee told this to reporters after presenting the Malaysian citizenship papers to
132 permanent residents from Indonesia, India, Taiwan, China, Myanmar and
Thailand, aged between 12 and 80, here Monday.
The recipients included Mumtaz Malika Kanan Mohamaed, 45, from India, who had
been in the country since 1989 after following her husband.
She thanked the Malaysian government and vowed to contribute to the country.
--BERNAMA
