KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 — Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail today confirmed that the Malaysian citizenship granted to seven members of national squad Harimau Malaya was in full accordance with the law.
He said any inconsistency that has been raised by the International Federation of Association Football (Fifa) should be resolved by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM).
“So let me explain again, there were 23 football players who applied for citizenship, including the seven latest players.
“We referred to Article 19 of the Federal Constitution, Citizenship Rules 1964 and they applied on their own.
“The process is very clear, they came, we took their biometric and interviewed them and hence they got their citizenship,” Saifuddin Nasution said in the Dewan Rakyat.
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