COMMENT It is good that National Registration Department (NRD) director-general Sulaiman Keling has agreed yesterday to withdraw its appeal against the Kuching High Court decision on Rooney anak Rebit’s case.
The circumstances of the case are well-known, and even both Jabatan Agama Islam Sarawak and Majlis Agama Islam Sarawak did not express any objection to Rooney’s application for his identity card to be corrected.
NRD, which has no jurisdiction over one’s religious affiliation, saw it fit to object and insist that Rooney obtain a letter of release from the Syariah Court.