Papparaidu says MySel officers have no authority to approve applications.
A TOTAL of 2,178 citizenship documentation issues have been resolved via Selangor government’s MySel Identity Document Centre programme (MySel) over the past five years.
State human resources and poverty eradication committee chairman V. Papparaidu said this figure was almost half of the 5,058 applications received between 2020 and October 2024.
Established in 2018, the MySel programme is aimed at helping Selangor residents facing difficulties obtaining identification documents.
“Issues related to citizenship certificates recorded the highest number with 1,504 cases, followed by birth certificates with 1,128 and adopted children with 1,077.
“The primary role of the MySel officers is to assist in coordinating and preparing relevant documents, as well as ensuring that all applications submitted to the respective agencies and departments are complete and properly organised.
“I would like to clarify that the MySel officers do not have the authority to approve any of these applications,” he said during the Selangor State Assembly sitting at Bangunan Dewan Negeri Selangor in Shah Alam.
Papparaidu was responding to Pang Sock Tao (PH-Kuala Kubu Baharu) who queried on the number of resolved cases under the MySel programme.
He said issues affecting stateless children often include the absence of birth certificates due to parents marrying abroad, parental negligence in registering their children and cases of children born out of wedlock.
