He said children who do not have identification documents in Sabah should fulfil the requirements set by the National Registration Department.

This is in line with the provisions of the Federal Constitution and the Citizenship Rules 1964, where the citizenship status of an individual is determined on the basis of the biological parents’ nationality and the legal status of the marriage, according to the law in force at the time of birth, he added.

He said this when winding up the debate on the royal address for his ministry at Dewan Negara here yesterday.

On the ministry’s action on allegations that there are 500,000 people in Sabah who have no citizenship, Muhyiddin said the government had intensified enforcement and repatriation of illegal immigrants in Sabah.

He said 581,085 illegal immigrants in Sabah had been repatriated from the country from 1990 until April 18.

On the action taken against those who insult the royal and Islamic religious institutions on social media, he said the police had investigated 98 cases with nine individuals charged in court from 2012 to April 20.

“For insulting Islam and Prophet Muhammad during the same period, 76 cases have been investigated and of that number, 12 individuals have been charged in court,” he said.