Parents pay the price for lies


A total of 15 individuals, comprising organisers and false informants, were brought to the Magistrates’ Court by enforcement officers from the National Registration Department (JPN) to be charged with the falsification of birth certificates."–KAMARUL ARIFFIN /TheStar

KUALA LUMPUR: A group of 15 Malaysian parents paid the price for faking their adopted children’s identity over 20 years ago.

Yesterday, they were fined between RM800 and RM3,500 after confessing to deceiving the government when applying for birth certificates and MyKads.

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