Deputy Home Minister Azis Jamman said the granting of citizenship is subject to the provisions of the Federal Constitution.

“Each applicant still has to comply with other laws, especially in relation to marriage registration and possessing a valid state of residence in the federation.

“The method of recording the citizenship status of individuals born in Malaysia by the National Registration Department is in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Constitution and Citizenship Rules 1964, as well as the relevant legislation governing the issue of marriage registration, legal status of children, immigration regulations and so on,” he said.

He was responding to Tan Yee Kew (PH-Wangsa Maju) on whether the ministry intended to use DNA test results as evidence in identifying the relationship between children and their fathers in citizenship applications.

Responding to a supplementary question from Mohd Salim Sharif (BN-Jempol) on the ministry’s stance pertaining to Malaysians with dual citizenship, Azis said the government would not recognise anyone with dual nationalities.

“If you have any information on this, you can report it. If we know any individual with dual citizenship, we will ask them to choose which citizenship to be relinquished,” Aziz said.