'Govt won't revoke citizenship if person would end up stateless'

Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said a government panel tasked to deliberate non-voluntary citizenship renouncements will not render an individual to be stateless.

Speaking to reporters in Parliament today, he cited an existing provision under the Federal Constitution that also protects non-Malaysians who are granted Malaysian citizenships but later faced with non-voluntary revocation.

Specifically, he cited a caveat under Article 26B(2) which states that...