Explain why now deceased KL-born woman denied citizenship, family tells govt

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A Rukkumani says a letter rejecting Jaya Letchmi’s application for citizenship darrived four years after her sister died in 2021.   Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/03/19/explain-why-now-deceased-kl-born-woman-denied-citizenship-family-tells-govt/   laporan Lanjut:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/03/19/lahir-di-kl-namun-dinafikan-kerakyatan-keluarga-minta-penjelasan/   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 #JPN #ARukkumani #JayaLetchmis #Citizenship

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00:00A family member of a now-deceased Malayan-born woman wants the Home Ministry to explain an

00:07administrative delay on its part and the eventual rejection of her citizenship application.

00:13A Rukmini said the rejection of the application came four years after her sister, A Jayalakshmi,

00:19passed away in 2021. Rukmini told FMT that although they abandoned the application when

00:25Jayalakshmi passed away, they unexpectedly received a rejection letter dated December 2024

00:31this February. Rukmini also said the application was submitted in 2020 and despite the family's

00:38last inquiry with the Ministry later that year, they received no response or acknowledgement.

00:44According to a letter dated December 11, 2024 from the National Registration Department,

00:49Jayalakshmi's citizenship application was unsuccessful with no reasons given.

00:55Jayalakshmi, born to a Malaysian father in Kuala Lumpur in 1948, held a red identity

01:01card throughout her life before passing away from COVID-19 in 2021. Their late mother,

01:07R.P. Saraswati, faced the same predicament passing away at 85 without citizenship,

01:13despite being born in Negeri Sembilan in 1933, Rukmini said. Rukmini wants the Home Ministry

01:19to posthumously acknowledge that Jayalakshmi and Saraswati were both citizens as both lived

01:25and died in Malaysia throughout their lives without residing in other countries.

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