Kod Negara 71: mistake or not?

ARCHIVES 2011

By admin-s On Sep 26, 2011

By Lee Wee Tak

This kod negara 71 business is getting more and more interesting. It is quite clear that it is not one of the 199 country codes listed by JPN in their official website.

http://www.jpn.gov.my/kodnegara

A senior UMNO figure conducted a serious and vigorous defense on this matter.

http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2011&dt=0814&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Politik&pg=po_01.htm

His salient points are:

# some of the opposition figures are holding kod negara 71
# the code is really meant for people born overseas

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“Kalau pemimpin pembangkang yang memegang kod negeri 71 pada MyKad mereka boleh menjadi wakil rakyat, jadi apa salahnya Mismah menjadi pengundi? Beliau telah berusaha sebanyak dua kali untuk menjadi warga Malaysia sejak 29 tahun tinggal di Malaysia.

“Justeru, saya minta pihak pembangkang untuk menyiasat berhubung perkara ini,” katanya pada sidang akhbar selepas mengadakan pertemuan dengan keluarga Mismah di kediamannya di Desa Coafields, Sungai Buloh dekat sini hari ini.

Mismah telah mendapat Sijil Kewarganegaraan Malaysia pada 31 Januari lalu sekali gus melayakkannya memperoleh MyKad dan menjadi pemilih.
Berdasarkan maklumat dari Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara (JPN), kod negeri 71 pada MyKad adalah bagi mereka yang dilahirkan di luar negara.
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The minister has made a misrepresentation base on JPN’s information. From the JPN list, code 71 is not used at all hence it could either be interpretated as

1) isolated errors (the famous 0.0001% SPR argument)
2) used for people borned outside Malaysia but country of birth not known to JPN.

Explanation 1) is not acceptable.

170,818 71’ers registered successfully as voters for Q2 2011so it is no isolated errors but seems more likely a systematic arrangement of some sorts between JPN and SPR.

(unless there is a hell lot of love making by Malaysians overseas and Tony Fernandez take note…AirAsia baby making package Coming Soon)

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http://www.sinarharian.com.my/bterkini/14277.asp

42.33 % atau 72,742 pengundi yang tidak diketahui negara asal kelahiran ini adalah dari rumpun bangsa Cina iaitu Cina (71,252), Hokkien (521), Teochew (375), Cantonese (292), Foochow (135), Hainanese (119), Henghua (25) dan Hokchiu (23).

17.33 % atau 29,605 pengundi yang tidak diketahui negara asal kelahiran ini adalah dari rumpun bangsa India iaitu India (24,663), India Muslim (2,399), Punjabi (796), Sikh (639), Sri Lanka (346), Pakistani (328), Tamil (324), Tamil Sri Langka (67), Telegu (21), Malabari (12) dan Bangledeshi (10). Bangsa Bangledeshi adalah bangsa yang paling sedikit sekali menjadi pengundi di negara kita
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If the PAS can identify the “rumpun” of those 71’ers and JPN list clearely set aside the relevant country codes – e.g. China 71, India 75, Pakistan 76, Hong Kong 63, Indonesia 61, Bangladesh 79, Singapore 66, Brunei 60, El Salvador 90 (how many Malaysians born in El Salvador that you know?)…with such a great list how could they miss out?

Another reason for KN 71 to be rejected is that JPN have their own procedures and insist on proof of place of birth when issuing IC, see:

http://www.jpn.gov.my/perkhidmatan/kadpengenalan/orangbarutiba-warganegara

http://www.jpn.gov.my/pengesahantarafwarganegara

Can you imagine a JPN officer issuing MyKad without knowing where the fella came from?

So if Najib wants to give civil servants some more, even more and more than ever pre general election bonus, the least they could do is to do their job properly.