Teen’s religious status: NRD needs more time, court postpones hearing

The National Registration Department (NRD) needed more time to prepare affidavits and written submissions to counter a legal action seeking to uphold a 17-year-old boy’s right to be a Buddhist despite being born to a Muslim father.

As a result, the Kuching High Court today postponed the initially-scheduled hearing of the non-Muslim mother’s lawsuit seeking to affirm her right to amend her son’s religious particulars in his birth documentation issued by NRD.