Citizenship application period cut when I took over home ministry, says Saifuddin

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Saifuddin Nasution Ismail says applications will be decided within a year under the current system.   Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/03/10/citizenship-application-period-cut-when-i-took-over-home-ministry-says-saifuddin/   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #CitizenshipApplication #Period #Reduced #SaifuddinNasutionIsmail

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00:00 Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said the application period for citizenship was

00:08 shortened when he took over the ministry.

00:11 He also dismissed criticisms over the proposed amendment to citizenship laws, which the cabinet

00:16 had endorsed, Malaysia Kini reported.

00:19 Saifuddin said the ministry would now decide on the applicant's citizenship within a

00:23 year, adding that he personally handled more than 11,500 applications last year.

00:29 The National Registration Department had previously come under fire for bureaucracy and lengthy

00:34 approval times.

00:36 Last night, Suhakam criticized the bureaucracy and unresponsive attitude of the department,

00:41 which it said represented a major hurdle towards citizenship applications for stateless children.

00:46 He also said the proposed amendment requiring any person to register foundlings within one

00:51 year is regressive for the innocent child.

00:54 DAP's Ramkarpal Singh was reported to have labeled the proposed constitutional amendments

00:58 on the granting of citizenship as "illogical" and "unreasonable."

01:03 One of the more contentious proposed amendments would strip foundlings, such as abandoned

01:07 children or orphans, of their right to automatic citizenship.

01:10 (whooshing)

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