Its vice president Datuk Ewon Ebin said the incident came as a shock to him as the woman deserved a MyKad regardless of her age.
“This saddens me as a local is denied of citizenship and given the permanent resident status, while there are many claims that foreigners are given the luxury of owning MyKads,” said the Industrial Development Minister.
He was responding to the statement of Yong Lee Hua @ Piang Lin, who claimed to have lost her Malaysian citizenship after her purse, containing her MyKad, cash, a gold necklace, a gold-plated locket, two golden crosses and a set of car keys, were stolen while shopping at a hypermall in Penampang in February last year.
The 78-year-old Sino-Kadazan, who was born at Kampung Mahandoi, had also lost access to her Amanah Saham Nasional and Alliance Bank accounts, and now is unable to renew her international passport, which expired this year.
She stressed that life had been difficult, stressing that: “I am ashamed to take out the MyPR (a red-coloured card issued to permanent residents) and would normally use my driving licence for identification purposes.”
She also disclosed she had gone voting in the March 8 General Election using her driving licence.
Yong said that they had brought the matter up to the National Registration Department (NRD) office, bringing along supporting documents such as her Native Certificate issued by the Native Court on September 24, 1963, previous copies of her High Quality Identification Card and MyKad, bank books, and passport, but was told that the MyPR card was given to elderly applicants who applied for MyKads.
She was even asked to re-apply for her citizenship, and would be given an answer within six months.
But it has been almost a year now and there is still no news on her application.
Yong fears that the matter would cause future complications to her eight children.
Efforts by The Borneo Post to contact state NRD director Abdul Rahman Md Noor failed as he was in Kuala Lumpur attending a meeting.
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