Chen Haokun (second from left) handed over the official letter sent by Wei Jiaxiang to Peng Ruiwen (second from right); Peng Invented on the left and Wang Meifang on the right. (Sin Chew Daily, Malaysia)
According to Malaysia's Sin Chew Daily, 11-year-old boy in Malaysia has no citizenship rights, in addition to facing the problems of further education and purchasing insurance, he will not be able to represent Malaysia abroad to participate in the International Chess Tournament next year, missing the opportunity to win glory for the country.
Peng Ruiwen, from Petaling Jaya, was adopted by a Chinese couple, Peng Fang (54, interior designer) and Wang Meifang (49), two weeks old, but due to problems with the clinic records of birth, they still have not been able to obtain citizenship rights, and even Malaysian children's identity cards have not been applied.
Peng pointed out that the couple began to apply for a child's identity card for their adopted son between 2010 and 2014, and estimated that they had run to the National Registration Office more than 10 times in the past four years, but they returned disappointed each time.
He said that he will apply for an adult identity card for his son next year, worried that the same cannot be done, so that the two couples are very worried about the problem of their children's going to secondary school, and they cannot buy insurance for their children, so that the children lose their protection.
"My son's chess attainments are extremely high, and he often receives praise from the division commander, and originally he also had the opportunity to represent our country in a Southeast Asian level international chess tournament next year, but his son could not go abroad at all, which made his son very sad, unable to show his strengths, and missed the opportunity to win glory for the country."
Peng pointed out that according to the records of the registration bureau, the son could not obtain citizenship rights, mainly the clinic where the son was born, and could not prove the son's birth information.
He said that because he and his wife were unable to have children, they were introduced by a friend to adopt the son, who was only two weeks old at the time, to an Indian couple who did not know each other, and obtained a legal adoption court order from the court, but unfortunately, the two couples went around for a long time, and after 3 changes, they successfully applied for a paper for their adopted son, but the paper was marked as "non-Malaysian citizen".
"The birth clinic mentioned by the biological parents of the adopted son cannot prove the information of the son's birth in the clinic, which is believed to be the main reason for the failure of the application."
The couple were frustrated that their son could not obtain citizenship rights, and later after reading the newspaper, they learned that Chen Haokun, deputy director of the MCA Selangor Publicity Bureau, had successfully applied for citizenship for two Chinese people, which rekindled their hopes, and asked Chen Haokun for help a month ago, hoping that his son's citizenship rights would take a turn for the better.
Chan pointed out that after receiving The case of Pang Ruiwen, he had immediately reported the matter to the Minister of The Prime Minister's Office, Wei Jiaxiang, and obtained an official letter from the Minister requesting the Registry to deal with the case in article 15 (a) of the Federal Constitution (dealing with applicants under 21 years of age and special circumstances).
He said that Peng Ruiwen had indeed been adopted for 11 years and also had a legal adoption order, so he believed that with the addition of the minister's official letter, Peng Ruiwen's chances of obtaining citizenship would be greatly improved.
"MCA is very concerned about the issue of Chinese citizenship, and I have received at least 28 requests for help from Johor, Penang and Pahang so far, but I hope that all helpers can turn to the local MCA for help, and our local leaders will do their best to help, as long as the information is sufficient, I believe there will not be too much of a problem."