Penan youth to have MyKad within a month: Putrajaya

January 29, 2010, Friday

MIRI: The long wait for a MyKad maybe over within a month for Binson Boy, Penan young man from Sungai Selungo in upper Baram.The National Registration Department headquarters in Putrajaya told the Borneo Post yesterday that the case had been looked into and the issuance of the identity card would be expedited as it has been accorded priority.

“It is in the final stage and Binson is expected to receive his IC in a month,” said the department’s Public Relations Officer, Jainiasah Mohd Noor, yesterday.

Binson reportedly has been waiting for over 10 years to an identity card.

His case was highlighted in the Borneo Post Tuesday. He has been waiting since 2000 for his identity card application to be approved.

Binson said each time he went to check on his application, he would be told to “tunggu dulu” (literally, wait first).

He also disclosed that he was offered a place at University Malaysia Sarawak campus (Unimas) in 2007, then in 2009 a place at Kolej IT in Kuching, but could not do anything because he did not have his Mykad. Jainiasah said the department had traced the documents of Binson’s parents including the mother’s identity card issued in 2007.

Binson received his early education at SK Long Sait in Sungai Selungo.

After that he studied at SMK Temenggong Datuk Lawai Jau in Long San and SMK Marudi.

He excelled in all the public examinations – UPSR, PMR and STPM. Presently, he is a general worker at Tebanyi Mill, a timber factory in the interior Baram.

He used his birth certificate to apply for the job.

ULASAN :
Perkara sebegini tidak sepatutnya berlaku kalau pihak berwajib tidak terlalu menekankan "SYARAT" ke atas pemohon. Banyak lagi pihak yang memohon bertahun-tahun bahkan ada yang sudah jadi NENEK masih tiada kad Pengenalan.

Kerugian yang dialami memang Sangat teruk seperti hak mengundi, hak bekerja, hak biasiswa, hak naik pangkat, hak rawatan murah dan sebagainya.

Memang sesuatu yang sangat-sangaat mengecewakan kalau ketiadaan KAD ini hanya atas sebab "SYARAT" yang kadang - kadang TIDAK mungkin dapat dipenuhi. Jika syarat dapat dipenuhi maka selamanya orang itu tidak akan mempunyai MYKAD.

Pihak berwajib harus melaksanakan dan menggunakan PERTIMBANGAN MANUSIA DAN KEIKHLASAN MEMBANTU untuk menyelesaikan masalah mereka yang tidak memiliki dokumen penting ini.

Penduduk Negara Malaysia tidaklah besar untuk diselesaikan masalah ini. Cuma kata orang HENDAK SERIBU DAYA, TAK NAK SERIBU DALIH.

Kalau Bangladesh yang mempunyai penduduk jauh lebih besar dari Malaysia dapat menyelesaikan masalah ketiadaan KAD dalam masa 6 BULAN SAHAJA, takkan Malaysia tak dapat dalam masa 52 atau 46 tahun!!

Oleh itu pihak berwajib harus menyelesaikan masalah ini dengan HENDAK = SERIBU DAYA!