A single mother was sentenced to six months in prison and fined RM4,000 after pleading guilty to giving false information when applying for a MyKad for a child, believed to be an undocumented migrant.
The Home Ministry’s registration and organisation division secretary Badrul Hisham Alias was appointed as the new director-general of the National Registration Department effective today.
The high court here has postponed the hearing of a case regarding a mother’s right to her child’s religious upbringing until October 11 as an official report from the National Registration Department is still pending.
The National Registration Department has contacted a woman known as Melissa, 21, who reportedly does not have an identity card to obtain the true facts of her citizenship application.