1.4 mln M'sians without MyKad, says Muhyiddin

PUTRAJAYA: About 1.4 million Malaysians aged over 12 years and having birth certificates still do not have identity cards, said Home Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

“They do not have a MyKad even though they are over 12 years old and are supposed to have one. I urge anyone (Malaysian citizen) who does not have an identity card to get it as soon as possible because it is an important document,” he said.

Based on the National Registration Department (NRD)'s statistics, of the 1.4 million, 45.588 people are 13-17 years old, 970,377 (18-80 years old), 110,537 (81-90 years old) and 302,694 (91 years and above).

“There are various factors why they don't possess MyKads, among them are living in the interior, forgetting and having ignorant parents,” he told reporters after the National Registration Day celebration at the NRD yesterday.

According to Muhyiddin, there are currently 22 million MyKad holders.

National Registration Department director-general Datuk Ruslin Jusoh in his speech at the event said NRD would introduce online applications for several services. next year.

They include applications for birth certificates, retrieval of birth certificates, 12-year-old MyKad applications, retrieval of MyKads, and marriage registrations for nonMuslims, he said.

“For these applications, applicants need only be present to submit proof of the original documents before collecting the documents they had applied for, he said.

Starting this year, he said the NRD had implemented a system for the automatic registration of deaths via an online integration programme with the police whereby every death reported in police stations in Peninsular Malaysia would be automatically recorded in the NRD system.