{"id":13082,"date":"2016-10-20T14:36:48","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T06:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=13082"},"modified":"2016-10-20T18:13:40","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T10:13:40","slug":"press-release-from-michael-tiang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=13082","title":{"rendered":"Press release from Michael Tiang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Starting from this\u00a0coming Friday, the recently formed special task\u00a0force by the national registration department would be setting up\u00a0service counters for 3 days at Sibujaya&#8217;s community hall to assist\u00a0indigenous people on &#8220;stateless&#8221; identity and citizenship issues.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Tiang, The political secretary for the Chief minister&#8217;s Office\u00a0today released a press statement to notify the public that the said\u00a0service counters by the special task force would be opened\u00a0from 8am\u00a0to\u00a05pm\u00a0from this Friday to Sunday\u00a0(<a href=\"tel:21-23\/10\/2016\">21-23\/10\/2016<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Tiang said that particularly the rural areas in Sarawak there are many\u00a0indigenous people without proof of their birth. With the ever\u00a0increasing population, the number of such cases are growing too.<\/p>\n<p>Tiang also informed that those who are in possession with proof of\u00a0birth but are still with stateless status, they have to bring with\u00a0them a duplicate copy of their parents&#8217; identity card, their marriage\u00a0certificate and the death certificates of their grandparents to\u00a0support their application for citizenship. As for those who are\u00a0without proof of birth, they may need certification from their\u00a0community leaders or Penghulus for such applications.<\/p>\n<p>Tiang also added that although the special task force is focusing on\u00a0indigenous people on such matters, Tiang urged that whoever are having\u00a0issues on national registration or citizenship, are also welcomed to\u00a0seek assistance from the special task force at Sibujaya, this weekend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/unnamed19.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13079\" alt=\"unnamed\" src=\"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/unnamed19-290x300.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/unnamed19-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/unnamed19-991x1024.jpg 991w, https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/unnamed19.jpg 1388w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting from this\u00a0coming Friday, the recently formed special task\u00a0force by the national registration department would be setting up\u00a0service counters for 3 days at Sibujaya&#8217;s community hall to assist\u00a0indigenous people on &#8220;stateless&#8221; identity and citizenship issues. Michael Tiang, The political secretary for the Chief minister&#8217;s Office\u00a0today released a press statement to notify the public that the said\u00a0service counters by the special task force would be opened\u00a0from 8am\u00a0to\u00a05pm\u00a0from this Friday to Sunday\u00a0(21-23\/10\/2016). Tiang said that particularly the rural areas in Sarawak there are many\u00a0indigenous people without proof of their birth. 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