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Thursday, January 26, 2006
It's Your Identity

MyKad errors bedevil Sagaran (The Star 24.01.2006)

IPOH: Lorry driver K. Sagaran has been having sleepless nights and fights with his wife – all because of his MyKad. 

The 44-year-old Batu Gajah-born Hindu said when he applied for his MyKad three years ago, the National Registration Department (NRD) office in Batu Gajah told him that their records showed that he was a Muslim.

“It created problems for me as my wife accused me of taking another woman,” he said yesterday at a press conference organised by Perak MCA Public Services and Complaints Bureau deputy head Datuk Lee Kon Yin.
 
According to him, he had to give a sworn statement at the Religious Department in Batu Gajah that he was a Hindu.

He said the recent case of the late Mount Everest climber Sjn M. Moorthy had not helped the situation.

“I could suddenly die in an accident. My wife is worried about the status of my religion.” 

Sagaran also found another problem with his card during the 2004 general election.

“I was told that my card showed I was born in Kedah.” 

Sagaran’s identity card number has a “02” code, indicating that he is Kedah-born, instead of “08” for those born in Perak.

According to him, the NRD staff in Batu Gajah had told him to apply for a new MyKad.

Lee said he would write to the Home Affairs Ministry to find out the status of Sagaran’s religion and to help change the code. 


My comment:

This issue is not new. There have been a lot of discrepancies in NRD's records. I remember when I applied for a new IC (not yet the myKad) at NRD Petaling Jaya, there were quite a number of cases where Chinese men were stated as female in their IC and they had to take an oath stating that they never had any sex-transfer operation etc. And not to mention mistakes such as Sagaran's. I'm not sure whether this issue is resulted from system migration (NRD upgraded their system a few years back to accomodate photo-taking "online" and myKad integration), but I believe NRD is responsible to check all their records the soonest possible. Though it's tedious but it's is very essential and neccessary to do in order to eliminate such issues. Though to some people, it's trivial, but I believe this issue is very serious and it is vital.

Imagine, if one day Sagaran dies (not that I wish him to), his family has to go through the hassle just to get him declared as non-Muslim. And the saddest thing, could be that his family couldn't bury him as a Hindu in the end.

And to the public, when you apply your MyKad or MyKid, make sure that all details are correct before leaving the NRD office. Don't wait until the last minute to raise any relevant matter. Remember, when you act fast, you solve fast, too.


Posted at 1/26/2006 1:43:33 pm by AudraSazreena


Monday, January 23, 2006
Weekend

The recent weekend was good. I had all the time to myself on Saturday doing stuff during the day and then watched Memoirs of a Geisha at KLCC. It's such a moving story and I believe Chiyo (the child actress) deserves a nomination for Best Actress. The details, the script, and the actors were all superb! To me, it's a love story in which was formed over time and the best thing was the love was shown through acts and gestures. So beautiful......

Sunday, I spent most of the day with my darling - Mandarin class, Subang Jaya and then One Utama. Somehow I realized that we've been busy doing our own stuff lately that we hardly spend the whole weekends together like we used to. In a way, I'm glad because we could do that, yeah, we do need some space and spend time with other people like family, but at the same time, I'm sad because I missed those times. Well, c'est la vie. You can't be too greedy.

And I'm already in holiday mood. I'm taking the whole week off next week and I won't be around Wink. Can't wait to be "there"..... hmmm....

 


Posted at 1/23/2006 10:03:51 pm by AudraSazreena


Friday, January 20, 2006
Kuman di seberang nampak, gajah depan mata?

Yesterday news....

Kabinet tolak skuad intip:
Penubuhan pasukan sukarelawan MAIWP dianggap cabul hak asasi manusia
Oleh Shamsul Azree Samshir, Azrina Ahzan dan Haika Khazi (Berita Harian 19.01.2006)


Keputusan itu diambil selepas jemaah menteri berpendapat undang-undang sedia ada dan pemantauan pasukan penguat kuasa jabatan agama serta agensi lain sudah mencukupi menangani masalah moral rakyat dan isu keselamatan lain.

Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Radzi Sheikh Ahmad (gambar), berkata keputusan itu dibuat berdasarkan tindakan yang sama diambil berhubung penubuhan Pasukan Gerak Khas 4B atau Unit Khas Mat Skodeng di Melaka, tahun lalu.

"Kabinet tidak bersetuju dengan perbuatan mengintip dan kita tidak mahu Jabatan Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan (Jawi) melakukan perkara sama. Tindakan itu boleh dianggap mencabuli hak asasi manusia.

"Skuad Sukarelawan ditubuhkan kononnya untuk membantu mangsa bencana alam tetapi di Putrajaya tidak berlaku bencana alam," katanya ketika ditemui semalam.

Kelmarin, Pengarah Jawi, Che Mat Che Ali dilaporkan berkata, skuad itu walaupun tidak diberi kuasa menahan mereka disyaki melakukan kesalahan atau maksiat, akan membantu penguat kuasa Jawi yang ditugaskan meronda serta memberi risikan.

Buat permulaan, 75 anggota terdiri daripada wakil surau, kakitangan kerajaan dan badan bukan kerajaan (NGO) dilaporkan menyertai Skuad Sukarelawan MAIWP Putrajaya.

Mac tahun lalu, Unit Khas Mat Skodeng yang ditubuhkan kerajaan Melaka bagi membantu menangani gejala sosial dan jenayah di negeri itu, turut mencetuskan kontroversi dan berikutan itu Kabinet mengarahkan badan itu dibubarkan.

Badan Amal Makruf Nahi Mungkar (Badar) yang diperkenalkan Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (Jais) pada 1996 bagi mencegah perbuatan maksiat juga dibubarkan pada Jun 1998 berikutan beberapa insiden penyalahgunaan kuasa di kalangan anggotanya.

Sementara itu, Menteri Penerangan, Datuk Seri Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir, berkata jemaah menteri terkejut dengan langkah Jawi menubuhkan skuad itu kerana beberapa bulan lalu Kabinet sudah membuat keputusan tegas mengenai perkara sama.

"Ini adalah tugas polis dan jabatan agama untuk menguatkuasakannya, bukan kerja orang yang tidak dilatih atau sukarelawan," katanya.

Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Dr Abdullah Md Zin yang ketika ini berada di Makkah, berkata beliau akan mendapatkan penjelasan pegawainya berhubung keputusan Kabinet itu.

"Saya perlu baca dulu apakah keputusan yang dibuat Kabinet. Saya baru mendapat tahu mengenai penolakan penubuhan skuad sukarelawan itu daripada anda. Sebaik saja saya pulang ke Malaysia, saya akan minta penjelasan daripada pegawai mengenai perkembangan terbaru itu," katanya ketika dihubungi dari sini.

Che Mat ketika dihubungi semalam pula menjelaskan Skuad Sukarela MAIWP bukan pasukan pengintip kegiatan maksiat.

"Skuad yang ditubuhkan di Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya dan Labuan ini hanya ada dua objektif, iaitu mengadakan kempen dan kegiatan bagi mengelakkan remaja terbabit dengan gejala sosial seperti dadah serta membantu mangsa bencana alam.

"Anggota skuad akan membantu mereka yang ditimpa malapetaka seperti yang dilakukan terhadap mangsa kebakaran di Kampung Kerinchi, baru-baru. Ini bukan skuad skodeng," katanya.

Che Mat yang juga Setiausaha MAIWP berkata, Skuad Sukarelawan akan bekerjasama dengan pihak berkuasa bagi mengatur strategi menangani masalah sosial terutama di kalangan remaja.

"Hasrat kita adalah untuk membuat program kerjasama bagi mengembalikan remaja yang hanyut ke pangkal jalan," katanya.

Komen aku:

1. This is redundant. Nanti pegawai-pegawai bertauliah malas pulak nak jalankan tanggungjawab dan sukarelawan ni pulak yang "akan" terlebih kerja kerana job scope yang diberikan kepada mereka amat menarik perhatian mereka.

2. Jadi sukarelawan ni bukan part-time job. Ia adalah ad-hoc basis. Tapi takut nanti, sukarelawan ni nanti buat full-time job pulak. Nanti ada pulak yang makan gaji buta.. Sukarelawan bukan ada allowance. Namapun sukarelawan kan Wink

3. Kalau la kumpulan sukarelawan yang ditubuhkan ini fungsinya macam Mat Skodeng, maka kerjanya tidak lain dari meng-skodeng dalam segala hal. Dan tentunya hal yang paling menarik bagi mat skodeng adalah??? Sendiri mau tau...

4. Memang typical masyarakat kita yang memang suka jaga tepi kain orang padahal tepi kain sendiri koyak rabak. Ataupun pandai telek kuman yang di seberang, walhal gajah depan mata macam invisible. Attitude ni patut diubah. Bukan kita tak boleh prihatin terhadap jiran-jiran tetangga, sedara mara, sahabat handai, rakan taulan, keluarga etc, tapi berpada-padalah. Takkan la beg plastic shopping Parkson pun boleh jadi bahan bualan (Read: Mampu pulak yer dia shopping kat Parkson. Nak menunjuk la tu, ye la.. kita pun ada duit jugak, tapi shopping pun kat Mydin je.. ) <- sekadar contoh; tidak melibatkan sesiapa samada hidup ataupun mati.

5. Memang cadangan menubuhkan kumpulan macam ni (untuk menangani masalah sosial dengan mendekati golongan yang kurang sihat ini dan berdakwah kepada mereka supaya mereka kembali ke jalan yang benar) adalah bagus, tapi selagi masyarakat kita masih di tahap sikap yang sama dan tidak berubah, sampai bila pun tujuan seperti ini tidak akan tercapai matlamatnya. Bayangkan, ada ahli Rukun Tetangga yang sepatutnya menjaga keselamatan hal-ehwal sesuatu neighborhood, tapi mengambil kesempatan dan memecah amanah dengan melakukan perkara yang tidak senonoh seperti mengintai, mencabul kehormatan wanita, atau memecah masuk rumah yang sudah lama tidak berpenghuni.

6. Kalaupun nak juga diteruskan, sukarelawan yang dilantik adalah mereka yang benar-benar layak dan memiliki keperibadian yang bagus. Mereka perlu menjalani kursus yang berkaitan dan perlu diuji sepenuhnya supaya matlamat dan nawaitu tidak terpesong. Dan mereka seharusnya diberi tempoh percubaan selama setahun dan kemajuan mereka harus disemak setiap 3 bulan sekali supaya tidak timbul isu salahguna kuasa dan sebagainya. Dan masyarakat juga berhak membuat laporan polis atau melaporkan kepada pihak atasan jika mereka merasa sukarelawan ini sudah melampaui batas.

 


Posted at 1/20/2006 2:32:27 pm by AudraSazreena


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