ADUN SPEAKS | The latest resolution by the Home Ministry to end late birth registrations at respective state National Registration Department with immediate effect has been met with a mixture of support and criticism.

Although I laud the Home Ministry’s efforts in attempting to eradicate the issuance of false birth certificates and identity cards, I also call on the Home Minister to review this decision to determine if this move will add to the problem of statelessness rather than resolving it among the cases of abandoned children and among the people who live in the interior parts of Sarawak, mostly natives.