Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad speaks to reporters during the Kuala Lumpur Summit 2019 December 20, 2019. — Picture by Miera Zulyana

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 20 — Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has questioned New Delhi’s latest citizenship legislation that notably excludes Muslims.

Speaking to the press on the sidelines of Kuala Lumpur Summit 2019 (KL Summit), the prime minister voiced his concern and surprise over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) that Indian legislators was passed yesterday, which offered to naturalise non-Muslim residents from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.