Warga asing hadir ke JPN untuk daftar kelahiran, bukan mohon Mykad

Federal Consultative Registration Office (JPN) today dismissed claims made in a viral video that a large number of refugees gathered at a JPN office to obtain MyKad. The JPN clarified that not all individuals present at the office were seeking MyKad; instead, they provided various registration and documentation services for foreign nationals.

This includes registering the birth of a child, which must be done through JPN regardless of the parents' nationality. The JPN also emphasized that a red and black certificate of birth is merely evidence of registration in Malaysia, but it does not grant Malaysian citizenship. Such certificates are also issued to non-citizens. The JPN added that there are other matters involving foreign nationals at the office, including civil marriage ceremonies between foreign couples.

Therefore, one should not draw conclusions solely based on an individual's presence at the JPN or a single photograph without knowing the actual matter being handled.