Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email Yup, your Sultan can issue a supporting letter to help you obtain your MyKad. This was told by a Home Ministry staff in Putrajaya to Ragu, a father of three with a sickly wife, who is without a permanent identification document.
His story is as follows:
He said his problem started when he was abandoned by his parents at the age of 4 in Parit Buntar.
The police found him by the roadside and handed him to the Social Welfare Department, where he was cared for until he was 16 years old.
“Ten years ago, the department helped me to get a birth certificate in which ‘Rajamani’ was stated as my father’s name and Bagan Serai, Perak, was listed as my place of birth,” he said, adding that he did not know the real name of his parents or where he was actually born.
With the birth certificate, he was able to obtain a temporary identification document which had to be renewed every year.
However, in 2004, the National Registration Department declined to renew his temporary document.
After visiting the NRD headquarters in Putrajaya many times in the last four years, he received a letter from the Home Ministry in July which stated that his temporary identification document could not be renewed due to the government’s instruction.
“The Home Ministry staff in Putrajaya told me to obtain a letter from the Sultan of Perak to support my application for a permanent MyKad because according to my birth certificate, I was born in Perak.
“I have sought the help of many senior politicians but no one could help me. I will wait for the Sultan.”
I’m not sure which section or rule did the staff refer to, but I’m pretty sure Sultans don’t go around issuing letters. You have to get supporting documents from village head, district officer, local chieftain etc. to prove your birth was in that area.
Ragu was met at Perak ADUN Sivanesan’s office.
…reporters had earlier asked him why he was at Sivanesan’s office with his wife and children.
“The Sultan is my last resort.
Sivanesan, who met Ragu and his family yesterday evening, said that he would take Ragu to the Perak NRD to help him apply for a MyKad.
Asked where he planned to stay until he could see Sultan Azlan Shah, he said he and his family would sleep in their car and shower at petrol stations.
“My family and I have put up with a lot of difficulties over the years… what is a few more days of hardship?”
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