November
6, 2017
Authorities
have issued National Verification Card-NVC to residents in Shwezar Village in
Maungtaw Township, northern Rakhine, as a first step for the process of
citizenship scrutiny. More than 520 villagers from Shwezar Village-tract have
got the cards since the work began on 12 October.
The
work of verifying identification and issuing NV cards is a priority for the
government, because it was one of the main suggestions made by an independent
committee to spur on the development of Rakhine State.
The
officials from the Rakhine State Immigration and Population Department
explained to local villagers the merits of having an NV card.
“With
the card, we can go everywhere we want. We got the card in a day free of
charge,” said Gawra Kumar, 18, a Hindu from the village.
This
work was already being conducted in the past, but was delayed due to the ARSA
extremist terrorist attack of 25 August and was restarted in Maungtaw Township,
Shwezar village tract on 12 October.
Shwezar
Village-tract comprises of three villagers namely Shwezar Village (Middle),
West and North.
National
Verification Cards have been issued to more than of 26,00 people from the
village-tract over the past two months in accordance with the 1982 Citizenship
Law and the 1949 Myanmar Citizens Registration Act and the Registration of
Residents in the Union of Myanmar Act-1949.
News
Team
Ref;
The Global New Light of Myanmar
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