Yong Lee Hua@Piang Lin Gets Her MyKad After Sabah’s NRD Directory Taken Over by Abdul Jaffear Henry

Malaysian The Star: Thursday October 9, 2008 MYT 4:28:48 PM

Kadazan woman gets temporary MyKad

By MUGUNTAN VANAR

KOTA KINABALU: Local Sino-Kadazan woman Yong Lee Hua @Piang Lin, 78, who has been at the centre of a MyKad controversy here, was on Thursday was given back her replacement MyKad which she lost some time in February last year.

The highly emotional Yong said, “I got this blue MyKad in just three minutes and I have been waiting two years for it.

“I want to know why they put me through all this.”

Yong’s bank accounts were frozen because she was issued a permanent resident identity card after she lost her MyKad.

Zaid Ibrahim: The Chinese must defend the rights of the Malays, and the Malays must also defend the rights of the Chinese

“I’m not scared that the Chinese are smart, for I’m also very smart. I’m not scared that the Chinese are hard working, for I’m also very hard working. We have bad guys in every ethnic group, and you’re cheated simply because you’re not smart enough. We must educate young Malaysians to look at things from a positive perspective.”

“I am thinking, for a better future, all Malaysians should stand up and speak out bravely. The Chinese must defend the rights of the Malays, and the Malays must also defend the rights of the Chinese. Everyone must be properly taken care of here.”

– sinchew.com.my

Salleh Said Keruak: Issuing of Red IC to Sabahan Native is Not BN’s Fault

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Datuk Musa Aman

KOTA KINABALU: Former chief minister Datuk Salleh Said Keruak has called on the Federal Government appoint a Sabahan to head the National Registration Department in the state, and revamp the department.

He said this was necessary to quash the public’s negative perceptions of the department with regard to citizenship status.

Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman said the suggestion by Salleh and others would be studied.

A furore has erupted in Sabah over the case of Yong Lee Hua who was issued a red identity card (permanent resident status) in replacement of her blue IC that was stolen in a supermarket in Penampang last year.

Yong, of Sino-Kadazan parentage, is regarded as a native.

Salleh said that downgrading the status of a native to that of a permanent resident was unacceptable. – NST Online

Sultan Azlan Shah: Give Ragu ID papers

R. Ragu, his wife G. Neelaawathi, and their three children in the compound of Kinta Palace. On the left is A. Sivanesan. — NST picture by Ikhwan Munir

IPOH: Sultan of Perak Sultan Azlan Shah handed a lifeline to R. Ragu with instructions that the “stateless” man be issued a temporary identification document pending his application for a MyKad.

The order was given to state Registration Department director Mohd Sufian Omar at Istana Kinta here yesterday afternoon. – NST Online