Male Or Female?

I'm sorry to hear that Ganes, a lorry driver was a figure of fun when he was accidentally listed as "female" in his passport. This blunder by the Johore Immigration Department was something out of the ordinary! But this "female" can take consolation as his passport has a "short shelf life". On the next renewal, I'm sure this oversight will not recur.

The deprecatory remarks, the "harassment" by a personnel of the ID as alleged by Ganes and if that is true, some form of action must be taken! NO civil servant has the right to push, threaten or bully ANY MALAYSIAN as he/she so desires! Even NON-MALAYSIANS are not to be treated that way! But many of us know that there are a lot of them around! It is impossible to put a figure on the number of these people!

Make no mistake, we are practically facing cock-ups in a number of government departments. You figure out which are those! It would be a very demoralizing experience if we happen to pay them a visit. To counter this, we drop a hint and then tell them to drop dead!