P Waytha Moorthy says the PH government is in the final stages of engagement with various groups, but also notes that civil servants are too rigid when it comes to citizenship applications.
Minister P Waytha Moorthy says the government is aware of public concern, especially since PH had promised to solve the issue of stateless people.
“There is a lack of empathy and willingness to use their discretionary powers within the ambit of the Federal Constitution,” he said in a statement. He said the government was also aware that stateless people were “in a vulnerable position and at serious risk of suffering abuse, neglect and violence perpetuated by limited access to education and healthcare, increased social and financial marginalisation, exploitation and vagrancy. Many being unable to obtain employment have fallen into a life of crime”.
Waytha said today there were various reasons as to why individuals, “a sizeable number of whom are Malaysian Indians”, had become stateless and undocumented.
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