Fine: 20k or 3 years?
Friday, July 7th, 2006 | 10:44 am @ SK
National Registration Department (NRD) director-general Abdul Halim Mohamed is fast-and-furious.
Don’t leave home without your MyKad unless you are prepared to pay a fine of between RM3,000 and RM20,000 or worse, face up to three years in jail.
National Registration Department (NRD) director-general Datuk Abdul Halim Mohamed has advised Malaysians to carry their MyKad at all times as required by law.
“Please do not blame us if you are caught because we are now giving everyone ample warning to carry their MyKad or identity cards,” he told The Star.
Let’s hail the DG for the swift action to avoid detention during spot checks as well as to curb illegal immigrants. I say, thumbs up!
However, fine up to RM20,000 or three years’ jail, what if you’re the unlucky one, which are you going to opt for? RM20,000 for leaving your MyKad somewhere else? 3 years’ jail for a MyKad?
It might be severe enough to deter one of leaving MyKad elsewhere, but the fact is, human do forget.
So, back to the old question, how’re you going to solve it? We Malaysians, as usual, will go for none of them, but the alternative way: The shortcut.
Shortcut? What shortcut is that? You know, I know.
Period.
July 7th, 2006 at 11:11 am
You are wrong lah SK, What shortcut?
What is the shortcut that I don’t know of?
How can there be a shortcut since one of our ministers in the PMO says that we are the cleanest country of ASEAN?
July 8th, 2006 at 11:26 am
[…] Barely 24 hours after this blogger complaining that the punishment is too severe for leaving MyKad behind, to the extent that Malaysians will resort to the shortcut to avoid money down or jail term, Malaysians in general agree that the punishment is too harsh. Let me some of them: Do something about the illegal immigrants in the country. Stop threatening innocent citizens and frightening tourists. This is not a ‘police state’. […] […]