KUALA LUMPUR: Senator Nga Hock Cheh said that some parts of his speech at the Dewan Negara on April 24 had been misquoted and misunderstood.
In a statement, he said that he had expressed his views that an infant from birth in this country should be given a national identity rather than a racial identity.
“My emphasis is identity by nationality – Malaysian – and not identity by race (kaum). I did not make any statement about religion. I also did not make any suggestion that religion be excluded in the national registration identity card, as somehow alleged by others,” Nga said. – Bernama
