Keeping Someone Else’s MyKad Without A Warrant Is Illegal (Yes, That Includes Security Guards)
Most Malaysians probably don’t think twice before whipping out their MyKad to security personnel especially when accessing a private area, but according to The National Registration Department (NRD), this act is in fact an offense under the National Registration Regulations 1990.
This is done to avoid the potential of someone else fabricating data from MyKads and use it to perpetrate further crimes. Only officers qualified under Regulation 25 of the National Registration Regulations of 1990 are permitted to hold and examine MyKads, as per NRD Director-General Datuk Ruslin Jusoh.
He asserted that security personnel or building management cannot arbitrarily request visitors to surrender their MyKads.
“They can inform the NRD if a security guard from a residential building or another unauthorised person tries to hold or inspect someone else’s MyKad. We want to make it clear that only…
