Spencer anak Ruan a Malaysian citizen, says NRD

KUCHING: The Nat iona l Registration Department has clarified that Spencer anak Ruan is not stateless as claimed by PKR Tarat constituency coordinator Musa Ngog in a recent news report.

The department ’ s publ ic relations off icer Fara Maya Ahmad Jelani, in a statement from Putrajaya, said Spencer— the subject in Musa’s claim—was already a Malaysian citizen.

“After a check, we found out that Spenceranak Ruanhas already been given Malaysian citizen status. He was issued an identity card on Nov 17, 2016, at the National Registration

After a check, we found out that Spencer anak Ruan has already been given Malaysian citizen status. Fara Maya Ahmad Jelani, NRD public relations officer

Department’s office in Kuching according to his parents’ Sijil Tikah Adat (marriage certificate according to local customs).

“With that, Musa Ngog’s statement that Spencer anak Ruan is not a citizen is not correct,” she said.

On Wednesday, Musa claimed that Spencer, a SMK Tebedu student from Kampung Kujang Mawang in Tebedu, was one of the numerous cases of stateless natives in the rural areas.

Musa, also PKR Puncak Borneo Youth chief, said Spencer’s citizenship was stripped off when he applied for his MyKad at he Serian Registration Office (JPN) in 2014.

Spencer’s mother is an Indonesian holding val id immigrat ion document, while his father is a Bidayuh.

Musa also claimed Spencer had been stateless for two years, and the (NRD) officer had even advised his parents to apply for Indonesian citizenship even though Spencer was born in Serian Hospital, which was recorded in his birth certificate.