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WHAT WILL YOU HAVE TO DO TO GET YOUR MYKAD?
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The Star
Tuesday November 26, 2013 MYT 4:12:09 PM
Girl who drank bleach gets her MyKad
S. Mahalachime.
IPOH: A tearful 12-year-old was at a loss for words after getting her MyKad from the National Registration Department (NRD) here Tuesday.
Shortly after getting her document, S. Mahalachime was asked to comment on how she felt, but she began shedding tears of joy and shied away from journalists.
Her 60-year-old mother V. Kamlla hugged her and started sobbing as well.
“Now that she has got her MyKad, this matter is concluded,” Kamlla told journalists at the state NRD office.
Both mother and daughter were then whisked away by Buntong assemblyman A. Sivasubramaniam.
Traumatised girl finally gets MyKad
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BIT BY BIT, YOU HAVE TO DRAG THE TRUTH OUT OF THESE LITTLE NAPOLEONS…
The National Registration Department (NRD) has admitted that ‘physical differences’ between a 12-year-old girl and her mother had caused delays in the former’s MyKad application.
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The NRD’s refusal to approve the application was based on differences observed in the skin tone of the girl and her mother.
Malaysiakini
NRD admits ‘ethnic features’ delayed girl’s MyKad
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A NEAR TRAGEDY INDEED, CAUSED BY LITTLE NAPOLEONS!
What kinds of people are these little napoleons to drive a little girl to such a desperate act?
Would NRD react the same way to a VIP whose child is fairer or looks ‘different’ and demand that they too undergo a DNA test? Or is the NRD only competent at flexing its muscles at the average Malaysian who have no ‘cables’ to latch onto?
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SHE WILL GET HER MYKAD, AT LAST…but NRD insists that it is the mother who should be blamed!
Star
Tuesday November 26, 2013
Director-general Datuk Jariah Mohd Said said the girl’s application would have been approved last Wednesday if her mother had kept her appointment with the Perak NRD.
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“The problem would have been resolved last week had the mother gone to the Perak NRD which had by then verified the parental ties.
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“But instead of going to NRD the mother went to third parties (to complain),” she said when contacted yesterday.
Traumatised girl finally gets MyKad
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Malaysiakini
A 12-year-old’s suicide attempt her following failure to obtain MyKad points to the government’s failure in addressing statelessness among Indian Malaysians, Persatuan Hindraf Malaysia chairperson P Waythamoorthy said today.
Waythamoorthy, who is also a deputy minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, said this was despite the “holistic solution” to the problem which PHM had presented to Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.
“The failure of a comprehensive solution leads to such instances as what we observe now, with the attempted suicide by this child due to the unreasonable manner the National Registration Department officers racially profile the Indian Malaysian community,” he said.
As such, Waythamoorthy added in a statement, the government must urgently implement the proposed solution to avoid a repeat of such incidents.
‘Suicide attempt exemplifies woes of the stateless’
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Star
Monday November 25, 2013 MYT 3:20:04 PM
Girl in MyKad case wants to be left alone after failed suicide attempt
IPOH: The 12-year-old girl, who swallowed bleach after being teased for failing to obtain a MyKad, wants to be left alone.
Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir’s special adviser C. Sivaraajh said the girl, who was being treated at the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital here, did not want to be disturbed.
“According to her doctor, she was deeply traumatised over what had happened in the few days,” he told reporters at the hospital here on Monday.
Sivaraajh, who was also barred from the ward, said he learned that the girl was uncomfortable with politicians who took her pictures when they visited her.
Girl in MyKad case wants to be left alone after failed suicide attempt
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Free Malaysia Today
Waytha: NRD’s attitude reflects badly on govt
Indians continue to face many obstacles in obtaining identification documents from the NRD, says Hindraf chairman P Waythamoorthy.
KUALA LUMPUR: The callous attitude taken by National Registration Department (NRD) officers against Indians reflects badly on the government as it appears purely racist in manner, said Hindraf chairman P Waythamoorthy.
Waythamoorthy, who is also a deputy minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, said Indians continued to face many obstacles in obtaining identification documents from the NRD.
He was referring to the 12-year-old S Mahalachemi who attempted suicide after the NRD told her to undergo a DNA test to determine her parentage to obtain her MyKad.
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Meanwhile, special officer to Perak Menteri Besar Zambry Abdul Kadir, C Sivaaraajh said he will meet Perak NRD director Mohd Zahari Hassan on issuing a MyKad to the girl.
“It is a straight forward case, where the mother has all the documents required to apply for MyKad. Thus, I do not think the NRD will reject her application,” he told FMT after visiting the girl in hospital.
“The problem started with the Ipoh NRD deputy director who had asked the mother and daughter to conduct DNA test,” he said, adding that MIC will lodge an official complaint against the officer.
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Star
Monday November 25, 2013 MYT 7:31:55 AM
Student driven to suicide over MyKad rejection recovering in hospital
IPOH: The 12-year-old girl who swallowed bleach following persistent taunts from her friends is stable, though she remained weak.
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The girl’s condition is being monitored at the hospital and has been put on intravenous therapy.
Student driven to suicide over MyKad rejection recovering in hospital
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（怡保24日訊）“印裔少女申請大馬卡被拒”事件主角瑪哈拉芝米因為覺得自己令母親蒙羞，問題源自于她，昨天竟飲用150毫升漂白劑，企圖了結生命！
http://www.chinapress.com.my/node/477613
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Free Malaysia Today
Govt depts must learn to say ‘sorry’
Little did the NRD think that Kamala would highlight her predicament to the press – when she did, the department developed cold feet and resorted to lying.
…the 60-year-old mother, V Kamala and her 12-year-old daughter were told by the department to undergo a DNA test before a MyKad could be issued to the girl.
As puzzled as the mother and daughter were, they were stunned with the reason cited for the DNA test – the child is fairer than her mother!
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Govt depts must learn to say ‘sorry’
It came as no surprise when the NRD denied having compelled Kamala to undergo a DNA test.
“NRD has no need for such a test since Kamala is Mahalachume’s biological mother (according to birth certificate),” public relations officer Jainisah Mohd Noor had told FMT.
Doing a complete volte- face, the Perak NRD it seems was prepared to give Kamala’s daughter her MyKad as her mother had furnished all the necessary documents.
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The department can deny all its wants for there is proof that it did hassle Kamala and her child and behave unprofessionally. Buntong assemblyman A Sivasubramaniam claimed he witnessed how the Perak NRD treated Kamala.
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Little did the NRD think that Kamala would highlight her predicament to the press – when she did, the department developed cold feet and resorted to lying to ‘safe its skin’ instead of having the decency to say ‘sorry’ for disrespecting its client.
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2013/11/24/govt-depts-must-learn-to-say-sorry/
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NST
23 November 2013| last updated at 12:07AM
12-year old girl takes bleach due to poser on parentage
The 12-year old girl is now warded at Tuanku Bainun Hospital in Ipoh, Pera
She recently made it into the news after her identity was questioned by the National Registration Department when she applied for her MyKad.
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Buntong assemblyman, A Sivasubramaniam, who is currently at the hospital with the family, said the girl had consumed the bleach after she was teased by her friends on her family background and her failure to obtain the IC.
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“I was told the girl had gone to the shop to get something. While there, some people asked her on the matter.
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Free Malaysia Today
Fairer than mother, so no MyKad for daughter
The Perak National Registration Department has told both mother and daughter to undergo a DNA test to prove their kinship.
PETALING JAYA: A 12-year-old girl and her mother in Perak was told by the National Registration Department (NRD) to undergo a DNA test before getting her a MyKad.
The reason; she looked fairer than her mother.
The mother, V Kamala, 60, told Tamil daily Tamil Nesan that the Perak NRD asked her to undergo a maternity test to prove that she is the biological mother of S Mahalachemi, due to the difference in skin complexion.
“I was shocked when the so called officer asked(me) to do maternity test just because we have different skin colour,” she said.
However, Kamala refused to comply on the matter and questioned NRD on the need for the test when they have all the documents required to apply for a MyKad.
She added that the NRD is deliberately delaying the application for unknown reasons.
“Why would they require us to do a DNA test for a MyKad when my daughter has a valid birth certificate?” Kamala asked.
On the wide age gap between her and Mahalachemi, Kamala said that she gave birth to Mahalachemi when she was 47 years old.
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weehingthong 
OMG!!! I would like to pour some bleach down the throats of the NRD officers!!!