National Registration Department officers are checking details of 2,700 Indians referred by MIC as facing problems getting citizenship.
BAGAN DATUK: No flexibility will be given to the Indian community in this country who are not citizens to obtain the identity card, said Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
He said MIC president Dr S Subramaniam had officially submitted the list of names and details of 5,000 members of the Indian community facing the problem.
“For the moment, we have identified 2,700 individuals and officers from the National Registration Department (NRD) have gone down to check on these individuals.
“Those involved are under Section 15(1) In the Birth Certificate For Changing the Name of the Child under one year old and the application for citizenship under Article 19 of the Federal Constitution (aged 21 years or older),” he said.
He said this after having a meeting with the Bagan Datuk Indian community at Hutan Melintang here this afternoon.
In August last year, Subramaniam had said almost 15,000 members of the Indian community in this country, particularly those born before independence, had yet to obtain citizenship status.
According to Zahid, who is also the home minister, he would find a solution and handle the documentation problem that not only affected the Indian community, but also the Chinese, Kadazan, Dusun, Murut and Iban communities.
“We will implement a comprehensive operation where we have a mobile unit to determine the list of names given and a check will be carried out to obtain valid details,” he added.-FMT
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