The Home Ministry (KDN) has been urged to recognised application for Malaysian citizenship from Sabah involving a Permanent Resident (PR) who by right should be a Malaysian citizen by virtue of having a Malaysian father.
Tawau MP cum Api-Api Assemblywoman Datuk Christina Liew said Ling Man Kit @ Ling Vun Ket, 65, was born in Hong Kong to a Chinese national mother and a Malaysian father who was born in Kimanis, Papar in 1927.
His parents brought him to North Borneo (now Sabah) when he was only 16 months old.
“As related to me, initially, Ling was given a Malaysia blue identity card (IC) (KPP: H6005204). In 1975, when he was 18, he applied for a new IC.
“Instead, he was issued a MyPR Malaysia card (MyPR Number 570430-71-5167), according to him. In 2018, he applied for a MyKad identification document, and received a letter dated September 20, 2019 from the Citizenship Division, National Registration Department (NRD) under the Home Ministry, Putrajaya