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Mira New Gen wants gov't to form dept to address statelessness
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Mira New Gen, a pro-Pakatan Harapan party, wants newly-elected prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad to form a Department of Minorities and Indian Affairs to look into the issue of stateless people within the first 100 days of the new government.

Its president A Rajaretinam said while the Indian population is listed at 1.8 million statistically, the party believes there are another 1.2 million who are not registered as citizens or do not have identity cards.

Hence, he said, his party could help assist in the formation of the department for stateless people and help the government register the people concerned...

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