Man fined RM500 for MyKad absence
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here today (Apr 5) fined a man RM500 or two weeks in prison for failing to produce his identification card upon request by the authorities. Chen Boon Foong, 47, pleaded guilt to a charge under Rule 25(1)(n) of the National Registration Regulations 1990, before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan. The offense […]
‘Please help me; I want to be an accountant, but I don’t have an IC …’
KUCHING: Like any ambitious student, Liana Sari Santud, 20, from Sibu, wishes to pursue higher education. Her interest is accounting. After successfully completing her foundation studies at a local university in Sibu in June, Liana is now preparing to embark on her degree programme, which will commence in September. However, there is an obstacle – […]
Health services for all irrespective of status
KUCHING: Health services will continue to be available to those in need of treatment at hospitals, regardless of their identification status. The assurance comes from Sarawak Health Department director Dr Ooi Choo Huck. He was responding to a case involving a Sarawakian cancer patient who purportedly could not get treatment at the hospital after her […]
Fined RM1.5k for having others’ IC
SIBU: A 36-year-old man was fined RM1,500, in default three months’ imprisonment by the Magistrate’s Court here today for unlawful possession of identification cards belonging to two others. When the charge was read and explained to Timothy James from Saratok, he understood and the consequences of maintaining his guilty plea before Magistrate Mohd Syukri Mokhtar. […]
Siblings on cloud nine after receiving long-awaited identification cards
BY NEVILLE TIMOTHY SANDERS & ANNABELL NAJA TOMMY KUCHING: Siblings Anastasia and Jones Bejie have finally received their identification cards (IC) after their pleas went viral on social media. The duo gained prominence earlier this year when they shared their struggles of living in Kuching without identification cards, which ultimately grabbed the attention of the […]
Jail, whipping for illegal entry
KUCHING: An illegal immigrant, who pleaded guilty to entering the country illegally, was sentenced to six months’ jail and one stroke of the rotan yesterday. The Sessions Court judge meted out the sentence on Rico after he pleaded guilty under Section 6(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63. The accused was arrested at So Good Cafe […]
Solving stateless issues
KUCHING: Sarawak seeks to reinstate both the Special Committee on Citizenship under Article 15A of the Federal Constitution and a Special Task Force to resolve the issue of stateless children and natives with no identification documents. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development (KWKPK) Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said the ministry would submit […]
All safeguards in place, public assured
KUCHING: Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng has refuted claims that the e-Tunai Rakyat initiative is a means to intrude upon a person’s personal information. He said the programme was implemented and coordinated under Khazanah Nasional Bhd. “They have set up all the safeguards,” he assured during his visit to The Spring Shopping Mall on Friday […]
Lo tells federal to buck up
Stateless children KUCHING: Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) chairman Lo Khere Chiang has urged the federal government to ‘buck up’ regarding the many cases of stateless children in Sarawak without identification cards (ICs). “If you (the federal government) cannot do it, give us (the Sarawak government) back the autonomy to deal with it properly so we […]
