A GROUP of 22 Muslim-Malay organisations today challenged the citizenships granted to 1.75 million non-Malays between 1957 and 1970..

The organisations, in a newly formed movement called Barisan Bertindak Melayu Islam (Bertindak), said they would be challenging in court the legality of the citizenships awarded during the period because the recipients had not followed the procedure for citizenship stipulated in the Federal Constitution.