{"id":49000,"date":"2026-08-18T12:31:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T04:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=49000"},"modified":"2026-08-28T12:33:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T04:33:43","slug":"yeo-finally-got-his-citizenship-after-30-years-wait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=49000","title":{"rendered":"Yeo finally got his citizenship after 30 years wait\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After more than 30 years of waiting and several unsuccessful applications, 61-year-old Yeo Chan Hiong has finally been granted Malaysian citizenship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Piasau assemblyman Datuk Sebastian Ting said Yeo\u2019s approval was a significant milestone after years of uncertainty and repeated attempts to secure his citizenship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said Yeo\u2019s case was complicated by his family background, as his parents were Sarawakians but Yeo was born while the family was living in Brunei.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAfter the family returned to Sarawak, they began the process of applying for Malaysian citizenship for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am very happy that after applying for so many years, he has finally received his Malaysian identity card,\u201d he told a press conference here on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ting, who is also Deputy Minister of Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts, said Yeo\u2019s wife and four children, aged between 24 and 30, are Malaysian citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said Yeo\u2019s successful application was the result of years of efforts by various individuals who had assisted in pursuing the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ting congratulated Yeo on finally obtaining his citizenship and encouraged others facing similar issues to remain persistent with their applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI urge those who are still applying and have yet to receive citizenship not to give up,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Datuk_Sebastian_094.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Datuk_Sebastian_094-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49002\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3333333333333333;width:689px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Datuk_Sebastian_094-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Datuk_Sebastian_094-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Datuk_Sebastian_094-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Datuk_Sebastian_094.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After more than 30 years of waiting and several unsuccessful applications, 61-year-old Yeo Chan Hiong has finally been granted Malaysian citizenship. Piasau assemblyman Datuk Sebastian Ting said Yeo\u2019s approval was a significant milestone after years of uncertainty and repeated attempts to secure his citizenship. He said Yeo\u2019s case was complicated by his family background, as his parents were Sarawakians but Yeo was born while the family was living in Brunei. \u201cAfter the family returned to Sarawak, they began the process of applying for Malaysian citizenship for him. \u201cI am very<a href=\"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=49000\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49002,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,1,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49000"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49000"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49003,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49000\/revisions\/49003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/49002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}