NRD: No father's surname for Muslim child born out of wedlock


  • Nation
  • Friday, 28 Jul 2017

KUALA LUMPUR: The National Registration Department (NRD)'s current system of registering a Muslim child born out of wedlock will continue.  

A Muslim child conceived out of wedlock will not be allowed to take his or her father's surname, said NRD director-general Datuk Yazid Ramli (pix).  

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