JPN may allow dual citizenship holders to forfeit one without action
The national registration department (JPN) is considering allowing dual citizenship holders to voluntarily surrender their MyKad and forfeit one of their citizenships without facing legal action.
JPN director-general Badrul Hisham Alias said this may be done to gauge the willingness of dual citizenship holders to make a formal choice.
“We have not introduced this yet, but I think it is good to see what response we may receive.
“In this context, it would only involve the deprivation of one citizenship, not other legal measures or arrest. They can decide which citizenship they wish to retain,” Bernama reported him as saying in Bachok, Kelantan, today.
Badrul said Malaysia does not recognise dual citizenship, and revocation of citizenship can be enforced…
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