KUALA LUMPUR: The Home Affairs Ministry has cancelled all the MyKad that were sold to Chinese nationals in Penang recently, the Dewan Rakyat was told today. Deputy Home Minister Datuk Mohd Azis Jamman said similar action will be also taken against any illegal MyKad sale cases detected by the authorities. “If the National Registration Department (NRD) finds any MyKad being issued the wrong way, it will be cancelled without compromise. Prior to this, an assistant director at the Penang NRD has been detained for involvement in a syndicate specialising in selling MyKad and birth certificates to foreigners in the state. Meanwhile, Mohd Azis said NRD has received 81,133 applications for citizenship from 2014 to Sept 30, 2019.

Source: New Strait Times October 21, 2019 10:52 UTC