Source NST
KOTA KINABALU: The government will not allow any of its citizens to be victimised by administrative glitches, Datuk Seri Najib Razak assured yesterday.
"Such administrative problems do not touch on policies. If there are any oversights, they will be corrected," he said.
The deputy prime minister said this when asked to comment on the case of 78-year-old Yong Lee Hua alias Piang Lin, who "lost" her citizenship after losing her MyKad.
Najib was here attending a Hari Raya gathering with the Sabah Barisan Nasional component parties, hosted by Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman.
Yong had claimed last week that the National Registration Department issued her an identity card for permanent residents after applying to replace her MyKad, which she lost to a pickpocket in February last year.
Her plight was highlighted when she approached Moyog assemblyman Donald Mojuntin, who also heads the Upko citizenship and security bureau, for a solution as she was unable to withdraw money from her accounts, transfer land to her children or travel.
Earlier, Najib also stressed on the need for BN members to change to meet the ever increasing needs of the people.
"Results in the (general) election were a clear message for the BN on the need to change," he said.
However, he noted that the component parties in Sabah, which he said was BN's "fixed deposit", remained intact to continue with the coalition's struggles.
"If we do not change, the people will 'change' us."
Najib later held a closed-door meeting with BN component party leaders.
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