Govt weighing request to officially recognise Peranakan Chinese as sub-ethnic group under NRD, says deputy minister


MELAKA: Putrajaya is weighing a request by the Peranakan Chinese community to recognise them as a sub-ethnic group under the National Registration Department (NRD), says K. Saraswathy.

The Deputy National Unity Minister said the proposal by the Baba Nyonya Association of Malaysia to recognise the community with their own identity has been handed over to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for his consideration.

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