Bikin Panas!
Friday, September 26, 2008
Reading this piece of news in the newspaper made my eyebrow shoot to the sky!
What? Does this mean if any of my grandparents or any senior citizen were to accidentally loose their IC they might end up demoted to a PR (permanent resident) status???!!!
Check out this quote from the news;
"I asked the officer why it was red (the IC) and she replied that for senior citizens who lost their IC, the department would normally replace them with red IC."
"...normally replace..." This practise is normal?? Bikin panas!
Then how come the foreigners can easily get a 'blue' IC? Something is really wrong here.
Here's the news from DE if you have not seen it. I saw red reading it *grrrr*
Sabahan Bumi ends up as a Permanent Resident!To read the whole story, go HERE.
Penampang: Little did a 78-year-old Sino-Kadazan holding a Bumiputra Native Certificate realise the nightmare that would unfold for losing her Identity Card last year.
Within months, Yong Lee Hua @ Piang Lin has seen her status as full-fledged Malaysian being reduced to that of a Permanent Resident by the National Registration Department (NRD), and with the latter showing no remorse or urgency in reverting to her original status.
Yong's misfortune began the day her wallet went missing from her handbag at a supermarket at Penampang Baru on Feb. 12 last year.
Inside the wallet were her Identity Card, driving licence, bankbooks, a gold necklace, RM500, a gold-plated pearl locket, two golden crosses and a set of car keys.
On the same day, she lodged a police report and on Feb. 26, she applied for a replacement IC at the NRD office in Donggongon.
After several months, Yong was told to collect her replacement IC at the NRD office - but the colour was red. "I asked the officer why it was red and she replied that for senior citizens who lost their IC, the department would normally replace them with red ICs," she said.
Only when she returned home did she learn from one of her sons, Frankie, 55, that red ICs are issued to people with Permanent Resident status.
Her children told Yong to return to the NRD office to replace the red IC with the MyKad issued to Malaysian citizens. However, the NRD officer this time told her to "apply for Malaysian citizenship" instead.
The NRD officer admitted it could have committed an error somewhere and Yong duly submitted the application form to the office on July 2, last year.
But that was not the end of her problem. Soon after, her bank accounts were frozen and she could not withdraw money for her daily expenses.
Frankie said his mother also had difficulty travelling outside the country since she could not renew her expired passport.
posted @ 26.9.08,
3 Comments:
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At September 27, 2008 at 12:45 PM,
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And this lady was even born in Kg. Mahandoi! and I am sure she has many relatives there.
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At September 30, 2008 at 11:19 AM,
Nessa said...
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Memang betul2 bikin panas... adakah patut macam tu??!! Grrr...
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At October 10, 2008 at 12:39 PM,
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I read this article at ornest's blog too ..mmg bikin panas ohh flo
