Lim Sow Lun, 83, (right) and Cheng Mooi Choo, 77, showing new MyKad which their received from Zahid after the gathering at Dewan Millenium. — Bernama photo
KEPALA BATAS: The National Registration Department (JPN) and non-governmental organisations (NGO) need to work together to speed up the process of registering children who have yet to be registered.
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said children should not become the victims of parents who did not register their children due to problems they were facing.
“Most of the marriages (of the parents concerned) were legal but were registered abroad and the registrations were not endorsed again within the country because they feared that there were possibilities other parties who objected to the wedding might come to know about them. Then, the children become the victims.
“Do not blame the JPN. The children are clean (innocent), the parents are the ones who caused the problems. The JPN will be fair to the children who are victimised so that they can receive education in schools, get valid documents,”he said at the gathering of the people with the Deputy Prime Minister, here yesterday.
Ahmad Zahid said he had empowered State Education Department Directors to cooperate with all parties concerned in efforts to speed up the registration process for these children.
He said that according to the record, there were about 2,400 children who did not have any self-identification document.
Meanwhile, Ahmad Zahid who is also the Home Minister said the transformation carried out by the JPN in issuing the identity card was the best and received world recognition.
He said the transformation had demonstrated a very encouraging achievement when the department could produce the identity card within a short time frame.
He said although various transformation and service improvements had been carried out each year, security features and personal information aspects were considered serious matters.
“The upgrading elements are carried out every year or within a specified period. They are carried out to avoid identity card falsification or fraud. We do not compromise in terms of the quality and security features of the identity card. — Bernama