PETALING JAYA: Malaysian citizenship is the highest award conferred by the Federal Government and it cannot be arbitrarily offered and given to just anyone, says the Home Ministry.
Its remarks came following a landmark ruling by the High Court on Sept 9 on the automatic granting of citizenship rights to babies born abroad to mothers who are Malaysian citizens married to foreign-born men.
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