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New Straits Times

| November 28, 2011 | COPYRIGHT 1999 The New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Jose Mario Dolor De Vega

I REFER to the report and letters regarding illegitimate children.

The right to be recognised and to have a father for purposes not only of recognition, but also of legitimacy is an undeniable human right which no state should abrogate.

The state should not have the discretion to nullify or to delimit this right.

I am well aware of the legal nuance with regard to the procedure concerning the registration and the subsequent legal affiliation of the child.

Yet, if some of the …

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