(Daily Express) Kota Kinabalu: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) will help a Malaysian woman, who lost her citizenship after losing her identity card, to seek redress from the court.
PKR Vice President, Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan, said going to court would be the best action to resolve the matter and other issues related to identity card.
"We will assist the victim, Yong Hee Hua, 78, to take the matter to court," he said in a statement, Friday.
Jeffrey was referring to Yong, a Sino-Kadazan from Penampang, to whom the National Registration Department (NRD) had issued a permanent resident identity card as a replacement to her lost identity card.
He said the court action would help determine, among others, the qualification of citizenship under the Malaysia Agreement and the requirements for the issuance of identity card as well as the qualifications for natives as defined by State laws and the Federal Constitution.
"Yong is not the issue. Yong's rights represent Sabahans' rights. Injustice to her is an injustice to all Sabahans.
"Sabah leaders, irrespective of their political ideology, must stand together on this," he said.
Jeffrey said there had been too much talk with no action and too many problems but no solution to the issues concerning the Government's handling of Malaysian citizenship and dubious identity cards in Sabah.
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