A 50-year-old Muslim convert has failed in his appeal to compel the National Registration Department (NRD) to reinstate his birth name on his identity card.

The Court of Appeal, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel comprising judges Supang Lian, Collin Lawrence Sequerah and Alwi Abdul Wahab, upheld the High Court’s dismissal of his judicial review application.

Delivering the court’s judgment...