SHAH ALAM, 6 April — Using another individual's MyKad, including family members’, to purchase subsidised fuel is illegal, said the National Registration Department (JPA).
NST reported its director-general Datuk Badrul Hisham Alias as saying that the MyKad is an official identification card that cannot be used, held, or represented by anyone else.
"This prohibition aligns with Regulation 25 of the National Registration Regulations 1990, which states that using or possessing another person's identity card is a violation that can result in legal action.
“As a result, all counter transactions, including fuel purchases, must be completed personally by the MyKad owner,” he said.
Badrul added that the public has been urged not to lend or hand over their MyKad to others to avoid legal action.
His remarks come after a recent media report quoting Kelantan police chief Datuk Mohd Yusoff Mamat on the arrest of a man suspected of using four identity cards to purchase more than 100 litres of RON95 petrol.
The suspect was nabbed while filling up at a petrol station in Tumpat.
Following the incident, JPA said it would investigate other cases of using other people's identity cards to purchase subsidised fuel.
Based on the government's official list of Frequently Asked Questions on the BUDI95 programme, the system allows couples who share automobiles to use their separate MyKads to fill up the same car.
However, this only applies if the person whose name and photo appear on the MyKad is present at the time of purchase, as a precaution against fraud.
