10 Individuals Fined Between RM700 And RM2,000 For Giving False Information To NRD

KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 (Bernama) -- Ten individuals were fined between RM700 and RM2,000 each by the Magistrate's Court here today for providing false information to the National Registration Department (NRD) to obtain birth certificates and identity cards.

All of them, aged between 55 and 69, pleaded guilty to the charge which was read out in separate Magistrate’s Courts before Magistrates Atiqah Mohamed @ Mohamad Saim, Illi Marisqa Khalizan, M.S Arunjothy, Aina Azahra Ariffin, Farah Nabihah Muhammad Dan and S. Mageswary.

Nine of them, all men, namely Chok Tin Yong, Theng Lee Ping, Chia Chin Tong, Douglas Chan Chung Lei, K.K. Thangarajoo, Mohamed Agbal Ibrahim, Yong Chin Heng, Lim Kok Boon and S'ng (rpt: S'ng) Peng Tiong, were charged with knowingly submitting false information when applying for the birth registration of nine babies at several NRD counters in the federal capital from 2004 to 2022.

They were charged under Section 36(b) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1957 (Act 299), which provides a maximum fine of RM2,000 and imprisonment for up to 12 months or both, if convicted.

Theng and another accused, Gelam Fatimah Meer Ahmad, also pleaded guilty to a charge of applying for an identity card using a birth certificate containing false information at NRD counters in the capital between 2004 and 2022.

The charge, under Regulation 25(1)(b) of the National Registration Regulations 1990 (Amendment 2007), provides for a maximum prison sentence of three years or a fine not exceeding RM20,000 or both, if convicted.

The prosecution was conducted by NRD Prosecuting Officers Mohd Khairul Afizi Yusof, Zulkarnain Ahmad, Md Shahedan Md Taib, Mazrul Azli Matrus, Tengku Hazmi Taqiuddin Tengku Ab Aziz, Nor Zarina Zakaria, Nurul Nadiah Zainal Abidin, Mohd Ramzi Adnan and Arief Khairee Khairuddin, while some of the accused were represented by lawyers from the National Legal Aid Foundation.

-- BERNAMA