KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Amending information on birth documents such as the certificate or card can be made if the information is found inaccurate or doubtful.

       According to the National Registration Department (NRD), applicants who wish to correct the name, date or place of birth should provide supporting documents to prove a factual mistake in the earlier registration for consideration by the department.

       However, according to NRD, any amendment of information in the personal identification document may have implications for the applicant, including those involving banking, education and health.

       "NRD only handles the issues under its authority such as birth certificate and identification card.

       "Nonetheless, if related parties need confirmation on the personal identification document of a subject, NRD is willing to cooperate, ” the department said in a statement issued to Bernama here Tuesday (June 29).

       NRD issued the statement in reply to a Bernama report Sunday (June 27) on three baby girls, including a pair of twins born 20 years ago, who were believed to have been switched due to the negligence of a hospital employee in Kota Baru, Kelantan.

       The incident came to light after the three victims, Adryani Iwani, 20, her ‘twin’ Adryana Irwani, 20, and the real twin Noratirah Husin, 20, took a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) test in September last year.

       Following that, Kelantan mufti Datuk Mohamad Shukri Mohamad was quoted as saying the mistake of switching babies with another family which resulted in an individual carrying the adopted father’s name should be changed to the name of the birth father in terms of religious law.

       It is to ensure there are no issues especially in terms of inheritance.

       According to NRD, the department had earlier received many applications to amend various information on identification documents including changing the father’s name even though there are no statistics on the matter. - Bernama