GUA MUSANG, Oct 13 — The absence of accurate numbers of individuals without identification documents poses a challenge for the National Registration Department (NRD) in identifying the Orang Asli and indigenous communities who are still left out of the national registration system.
NRD director-general Datuk Badrul Hisham Alias said that his department can only identify these individuals when they come forward to seek JPN services, making it difficult to determine the actual number of those who still do not have identity cards or birth certificates.
He said the issue not only involves the Orang Asli community in Peninsular Malaysia but also the indigenous communities in Sabah and Sarawak, who are believed to still have individuals without identification documents.
