Ways to Lose Malaysian Citizenship

Malaysian citizenship can be lost through:

1. Renunciation: Voluntary written declaration before a consular officer.
2. Deprivation: Government revocation for treason, sedition, terrorism, or "failure in duty as a citizen."
3. Loss via expatriation: Voluntarily acquiring another citizenship without declaring intent to retain Malaysian citizenship within one year (unless the other country is unrecognized).
4. Termination: Absence from Malaysia for 5+ continuous years, unless in government/international organization service.
5. Acquisition of foreign nationality: Same as #3—must declare retention within one year; not allowed if the other country is unrecognized by Malaysia.