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New Straits Times
18-06-2025
- New Straits Times
Man fined for falsifying birth details in 2009 to register adopted son
MUAR: A 61-year-old man was fined RM1,500 by the magistrate's court here today for providing false information in an attempt to obtain a birth certificate for his adopted son 16 years ago. Chen Tien Loong, a renovation and interior décor worker, pleaded guilty before magistrate Suzana Mokhtar after the charge was read out by a court interpreter. He was accused of knowingly submitting false details — namely, his own MyKad and that of a woman, Er Soh Hing, 57 — as the biological parents in an application for the child's birth certificate. The offence took place at the National Registration Department (NRD) counter in Muar between 8am and 5pm on Jan 21, 2009. Chen was charged under Section 36(b) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1957, punishable under Section 36 of the same Act. The provision carries a maximum fine of RM2,000, or a jail term of up to 12 months, or both, upon conviction. According to the facts of the case, Chen had submitted the forged application along with a birth confirmation letter purportedly issued by a private hospital. However, verification checks found no record of any delivery registered under Er's name. NRD prosecuting officer Noor Aliah Ya'acob appeared for the prosecution, while Chen was represented by Sakinah Suhaimi of the National Legal Aid Foundation. The court imposed a six-month prison sentence in default of payment, but Chen settled the fine.
The Sun
16-05-2025
- The Sun
Six men fined RM500 to RM2,000 each for giving false info to NRD
KUALA LUMPUR: Six men were fined between RM500 and RM2,000 each, in default one week to three months in jail, by the Magistrate's Court here today after pleading guilty to providing false information to the National Registration Department (NRD) to apply for birth registration. The six men, aged between 56 and 71, made the plea in separate Magistrate's Courts before Magistrates Amira Abd Aziz, S. Mageswary, Farah Nabiha Muhamad Dan, Illi Marisqa Khalizan, Aina Azahra Ariffin and Atiqah Mohamed @ Mohamad Saim. They are Robert Lewis Machado, Ng Sa Ngi, Muklisin, Thian Chong Wai, How Hang Gee and Mohd Ghazali Ghani, who were charged with intentionally submitting false information when applying for the birth registration of six babies at several NRD counters in the federal capital from 2004 to 2022. The charges were made 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. Another accused, S. Rejandran, 64, pleaded not guilty to the charge, and the court allowed him bail of RM1,200 with one surety. The prosecution was conducted by NRD prosecuting officers Mohamad Ezuan Jamaludin, Arief Khairee Khairuddin, Mazrul Azli Matrus and Hairul Azlin Ahmad.
The Sun
16-05-2025
- The Sun
Six men fined for false birth info at NRD counters
KUALA LUMPUR: Six men were fined between RM500 and RM2,000 each, in default one week to three months in jail, by the Magistrate's Court here today after pleading guilty to providing false information to the National Registration Department (NRD) to apply for birth registration. The six men, aged between 56 and 71, made the plea in separate Magistrate's Courts before Magistrates Amira Abd Aziz, S. Mageswary, Farah Nabiha Muhamad Dan, Illi Marisqa Khalizan, Aina Azahra Ariffin and Atiqah Mohamed @ Mohamad Saim. They are Robert Lewis Machado, Ng Sa Ngi, Muklisin, Thian Chong Wai, How Hang Gee and Mohd Ghazali Ghani, who were charged with intentionally submitting false information when applying for the birth registration of six babies at several NRD counters in the federal capital from 2004 to 2022. The charges were made 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. Another accused, S. Rejandran, 64, pleaded not guilty to the charge, and the court allowed him bail of RM1,200 with one surety. The prosecution was conducted by NRD prosecuting officers Mohamad Ezuan Jamaludin, Arief Khairee Khairuddin, Mazrul Azli Matrus and Hairul Azlin Ahmad.
The Star
16-05-2025
- The Star
10 fined for providing fake birth information
KUALA LUMPUR: Ten people, comprising nine men and a woman, were slapped with fines ranging from RM700 to RM2,000 after admitting to deceiving the authorities when applying for birth certificates and MyKad. The accused, aged between 55 and 69, were charged with providing false birth information on their adopted children yesterday. They were charged separately in six Magistrate's Courts with offences under the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1957 (Act 299) and the National Registration Regulations 1990. Under Act 299, they were charged under Section 36(b) with wilfully or knowingly furnishing or permitting false information. The Act provides for a maximum fine of RM2,000, imprisonment not exceeding 12 months or both, while the National Registration Regulations provides for a prison term not exceeding three years, a fine not exceeding RM20,000 or both, upon conviction. All of the accused were arrested at the National Registration Department's Investigation and Enforcement Division in Putrajaya on Wednesday following a probe under Ops Foster 2.0. Last month, the court filed charges against 15 people. Early this month, The Star reported that the National Registration Department said more people were expected to be charged in connection with the investigation into birth certificates containing false details. According to the department, a total of 159 birth certificates had been identified as having discrepancies.
New Straits Times
15-05-2025
- New Straits Times
Court fines 10 people for using false documents to get MyKad, birth certificates
KUALA LUMPUR: 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 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, 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.
