Dusun lad hopeful of putting stateless status behind him

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NSTnation: “On top of being denied an education in secondary school and a good job, I also feel like I have been robbed of my rights to many privileges that other Malaysians enjoy.”

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The 22-year-old Dusun lad, whose parents left him in the care of his grandmother when he was 3, has never had an identification card, as he could not obtain the necessary supporting documents from his parents to justify his application.

However, he has not lost hope. Asked what he aimed to do if he gets an identity card, Lerry said he wants to be able to open a bank account as well as travel. Lerry was one of the 50 people who came from Penampang and other areas in the interior to sort out their birth registration and citizenship documents at a one-day mobile court programme at Kampung Babah, here.

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