Filipino woman jailed 5 months for MyKad offence
KUANTAN: A 45-year-old Filipino woman was sentenced to five months in prison after pleading guilty to using another person’s details to apply for a replacement MyKad.
A Filipino woman, Lorna Adilun, aged 45, was sentenced to five months in prison for using someone else's details to apply for a replacement MyKad, according to prosecutors. The incident occurred on June 9 when Lorna applied for a new identity card under the identity of a person named Zuriah at the National Registration Department (NRD) branch in Pahang.
She provided false information, including her own fingerprints, which did not match the registered holder's. Lorna was detained on August 18 when she returned to the National Transformation Centre to collect her MyKad. It was discovered that she had never been issued an identity card and that the MyKad number she provided belonged to Zuriah.
Lorna is an undocumented immigrant from the Philippines. The charges under Regulation 25(1)(b) of the National Registration Regulations 1990 carry a maximum penalty of three years in jail, a fine of up to RM20,000, or both. Lorna was unrepresented and the prosecution was handled by Pahang NRD officers Fahkrol Anuar Sani and Mohd Nurhisyam Mohd Sofian.
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