PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has upheld a High Court decision declaring that a housewife, who was abandoned shortly after her birth before being adopted, is a Malaysian citizen.
A three-judge panel led by Datuk Seri Mohd Firuz Jaffril said the 37-year-old woman had crossed the threshold in proving she was indeed an abandoned baby.
He said there was no evidence before the court that the woman's biological mother was not permanently resident in the federation or at the place where she was found.
"We find no basis to disturb the High Court judge's finding that the respondent (the woman) was an abandoned infant within the meaning of Section 19B of Part III of the Second Schedule of the Federal Constitution.
