9,528 cases of late births registered last year – Saifuddin Nasution
HULU SELANGOR: A total of 9,528 cases of late birth registration were recorded nationwide last year, mostly due to unregistered marriages and lack of knowledge about the need to comply with the law, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail. He said failure to register a marriage not only affects the status of the couple, but also has major implications for children when their births are also not registered, thus making it difficult to access education, health treatment and other basic facilities. “These children are innocent, but were forced to grow up outside the mainstream. Some only managed to […]
