69. 600 IC numbers being shared, RCI told

600 IC numbers being shared, RCI told

The National Registration Department (NRD) said today there are some 600 problematic blue identity card numbers that are being shared by more than one person.
“Yes, they are in our records, about 600 of them,” NRD headquarters identity card division director Md Solehan Omar testified at the royal commission of inquiry (RCI) on immigrants in Sabah.
Solehan said this when asked by conducting officer Manoj Kurup as to whether the allegations that more than one person were using the same identity card number were true.
However, Solehan did not elaborate on the matter as neither the conducting officers, nor the watching brief lawyers pressed him on this issue.
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NRD: Verification of ‘problematic’ ICs from Sabah ongoing

Posted on February 1, 2013, Friday
KOTA KINABALU: The process to verify ‘problematic’ identification cards from Sabah is still ongoing, a senior National Registration Department’s (NRD) officer told the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on Illegal Immigrants here.
NRD Putrajaya Identification Card Division director Md Solehan Omar said he did not know the details but knew in general that there was issuance of such ICs in Sabah.
He explained ‘problematic’ ICs were those that could not be processed using the normal procedure due to certain problems or missing information in the application forms.
“This included application where the picture submitted does not match with that in the NRD’s record, different fingerprints or name, etc,” he said.
He also confirmed that a special committee had been set up to deal with such applications in Sabah.
He said the panel is chaired by the NRD director-general and its members included himself and several representatives from NRD Sabah and Sarawak.
“The panel carries out investigation, and review all the problematic ICs using the information and materials gathered from Sabah, interview reports and so on to determine the status and background of the applicants.
“The panel meets up and the evidence are brought them to be evaluated,” he added.
Asked how many “problematic” ICs had been investigated and rectified, he said he could not give the actual figure as the operation was still on-going.
To a separate question, Khalid said there should be a unique IC number for every person but there were cases where two or more individuals have the same IC number.

He estimated that there were about 600 such cases.

He also informed the Commission that the mobile operation to register people in rural areas of Sabah was still being carried out by NRD.