OOI THYE PiNG v 1. ) PENDAFTAR BESAR KELAHIRAN DAN KEMATIAN JABATAN PENDAFTARAN NEGARA MALAYSIA 2. ) KETUA PENGARAH JABATAN PENDAFTARAN NEGARA 3. ) Ketua Setiausaha Kementerian Dalam Negeri 4. ) Kerajaan Malaysia

p-01ncvca-500-09-2023 Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) 9 November 2025 • P-01(NCvC)(A)-500-09/2023

Catchwords

Citizenship – Operation of law – Art 14(1)(b) FC – Second Schedule Pt II ss 1(a), 1(e) – Jus soli & jus sanguinis – Requirement to prove parental citizenship – Identity of biological parents unknown – Whether plaintiff discharged burden – Held, not satisfied. Citizenship – “Not born a citizen of any country” – Meaning – Determination at time of birth – Necessity to prove lineage – Failure to establish biological parentage – Claim under s 1(e) fails – Lim Jen Hsian & Anor v Ketua Pengarah Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara; CTEB & Anor v Ketua Pengarah Pendaftaran Negara, Malaysia applied. Citizenship – Foundling – Presumption under s 19B Pt III Second Schedule – “Newborn child found exposed” – Whether includes child voluntarily handed over by mother – Child given up for adoption at four months – Not abandonment – Presumption inapplicable – CCH & Anor v Pendaftar Besar Bagi Kelahiran dan Kematian Malaysia distinguished. Evidence – Burden of proof – Citizenship claim – Onus on plaintiff to prove not citizen of any country – s 103 Evidence Act 1950 – Failure to adduce cogent evidence – Claim fails.

Practice Areas

Judges (3)

Azhahari Kamal bin Ramli Delivered Azizah binti Haji Nawawi Coram Mohd Nazlan bin Mohd Ghazali Coram

Parties (5)

KETUA PENGARAH JABATAN PENDAFTARAN NEGARA Respondent Kerajaan Malaysia Respondent Ketua Setiausaha Kementerian Dalam Negeri Respondent PENDAFTAR BESAR KELAHIRAN DAN KEMATIAN JABATAN PENDAFTARAN NEGARA MALAYSIA Respondent Ooi Thye Ping Appellant

Judgment

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