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Identity crisis for Indian with Chinese name
Tajikistan News.Net
Sunday 14th March, 2010 (IANS)
Malaysian Indian hawker Philip Choong Kim Hoong has a Chinese name that is getting him nowhere as officials insist that information on his birth certificate is false.
Adopted at birth and given the name by his foster-parents, Choong has faced problems in education and getting a job, a media report said Sunday.
Choong, who turns 28 March 17, said he was forced to accept meagre wages from employers, unable to get his driving licence and could not open a bank account for the past 16 years.
'I cannot even marry my girlfriend.'
Choong says his original birth certificate contained details of his adoptive parents.
The National Registration Department seized his birth certificate when he applied for MyKad, the national identity card, at the age of 12.
'A department officer told me that my birth certificate contained false information,' he told The Star newspaper.
'After confiscating my birth certificate, the department gave me another copy but without any details of my adoptive parents. They did not even give me instructions on what I should do after that. They told me that's the way it was and that I should just accept it,' he said.
He went to the department countless times to appeal and seek help but to no avail.
Ethnic Indian and Chinese are significant minorities in multi-racial Malaysia.
Choong is one of the nearly two million ethnic Indians who have made Malaysia their home.  Email this story to a friend
Comments on this story
Anonymous
03-14-10, 04:46 AM |
Identity crisis for Indian with Chinese name
A sad testimony of the arrogance of Malaysian civil service, reflective of the government of the day.
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zzZZ
03-14-10, 06:43 AM |
1Malaysia maaaa...
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Anonymous
03-14-10, 06:51 AM |
We can only hope to change the official's attitude
In the next election.
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ummmm
03-14-10, 08:47 AM |
ethenic cleansing maaaaaa.......
arrogance, forgetting power is illusion and temporary.....
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Anonymous
03-14-10, 11:56 AM |
Constitution of Malaysia Must Change
Only a constitutional change to accept all ethnic races and diversities will fix this discrimination fact. This case is one of many cases where ethnic groups are not accepted. The changes to the Malaysia constitution must be enforced by laws and orders.
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burn
03-14-10, 09:39 PM |
ATTITUDE must change first maaaaa
aiyaaa...next time when taking others people baby follow the rules maaa...dont simply registered as your own maa..this country has laws maaa..there is a procedure of adopting a child maaa..how if the baby was kidnapped at birth, then the kidnapper go and registered as his/her own?? how if this happen to u??..dont just simply blaming the govt maaa...complain..complain..complain..this just the way of u people lately..
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to burn
03-15-10, 12:02 AM |
evidence of govt dept mistake
Dear burn, in the first place how not to blame govt. department, when the in the first instance they issued the birth certificate with adoptive parents details? Birth Certificate is issued by Govt. Dept. So they need to improve thier procedure, so that appropriate controls put in place. So it is correct to blame the government.
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Anonymous
03-15-10, 03:14 AM |
Civil servant's attitude
Malaysia boleh! 1 Malysia maaaaaa!!!!!
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Just being helpful
03-15-10, 12:20 PM |
Message for Burn
Go fuck yourself, Burn.
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