The Court of Appeal upheld a High Court ruling that a 37-year-old housewife abandoned after birth in 1989 and later adopted is a Malaysian citizen.
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal here today 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 Justice 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.
