PBS tells NRD to be careful in registration drive
Wednesday, 25 June 2003 (Source: Daily Express)

Kota Kinabalu: Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) Tuesday urged the National Registration Department (NRD) to exercise greater caution in its registration drive in Melalap, Tenom, to ensure only locals are registered.

PBS Secretary-General and Melalap Assemblyman Datuk Radin Malleh said although he appreciated the move which would enable locals to obtain birth certificate or identity card, the NRD should not be over enthusiastic in registering anyone claiming to have no such documents.

“We should not overlook the possibility of such exercise being abused by irresponsible elements,” Radin said in a statement here.

He said he had received reports that some foreigners working in other areas had applied for such documents in Melalap in the ongoing exercise.

He said it was unlikely that there were many locals with no birth certificate or identity card, given that Melalap is not a very remote area in Sabah.