Email Question: Will for Non Malaysian Citizen
Hi Kamarul I am happy for you to post this question on your blog. I have a malaysian passport but have been living overseas for years. I am an Australian permanent resident and since I have no plans of moving back to Malaysia in the long term, I am considering becoming an Australian citizen. I am aware that Malaysia does not allow dual citizenship and I am happy to surrender my Malaysian citizenship. However, my parents still in Malaysia and they have said that if I give up my malaysian citizenship, I would not be able to inherit their properties in their legal will. Could you please clarify if this is true and where I can get more information about this? Thanks (name deleted) Answer: I disregard the first issue of Malaysian Citizenship and the sender's choice to give it up. As for the second issue, regarding the legal will of property my answer would be Any person can create or make his or her will as long as he/she is competent to do so. Section 3 of Malaysian Will Act, 1959 st...