setu: making a police report isn’t possible, since there wasn’t any actual crime. and there is no proof even of the photo that was taken in kuantan, since the photo from my new application replaced that one. and unless something actually happens, there is no way to prove that there is a fake IC in existence.

like you said, there was no necessity at all to go to PJ to do it. but all my reasoning was met with “tak boleh.” both officers insisted that there was no way to process my application in kuantan. which is idiotic, since the whole purpose of computerisation is to allow records to be accessed from anywhere! i did ask the supervisor in PJ if this was true, and she immediately said that there was no such restriction, and i should have been able to make my IC in kuantan.

in short, what they told me was rubbish. no matter where you live, or where you used to live, or where you applied for any previous IC, you can make a new one anywhere in malaysia. except kuantan.

megaman & ahkok1982: thank you

ah lau: the illiteracy of your short and fat neighbour in Desa Boleh neither makes a point, nor contributes to the discussion. your skepticism of my situation does not make it untrue, so your accusations are quite frankly, of less substance than my “tale”. like i said above, what’s there to proceed further? do you REALLY believe that the police offers are willing to pursue anything, without any actual incident, or any physical proof? even if one day, as many other malaysians have experienced, i receive a RM30,000 phone bill or electricity bill, or credit card bill, there is no way whatsoever to prove it wasn’t me, since the phone/electricity/credit card account would have been set up using a “real” IC bearing my exact information.

fullofdarkness: yes, i absolutely agree that service at JPJ has improved tremendously. the same trip i tried to make my IC, i also tried to re-make my driving license (i lost both items at the same time). the JPJ officer told me that i could not make my drivers’ license without an IC. because the IC is a first-tier identification system, and drivers’ licenses are second-tier, you need the IC to pretty much make anything else. BUT he was polite, helpful and efficient, and issued me a printout of my drivers’ license details, and stamped and signed it as an official copy, in case i was stopped while driving. i was very impressed and grateful to him.

Setu: Placing a police report was difficult, as no crime has actually taken place. I didn’t have to go to PJ to do my IC the first time. It was purely out of convenience, since I happened to be there. You can make your IC at any JPN office in Malaysia, no matter where you used to live, where you are living now, or where you made your IC previously. Even the officer in PJ told me so when I told my story to her about not being able to do it in Kuantan. So the whole Kuantan episode was all lies. “Tak boleh. Mesti balik PJ. Kalau saya mahu tolong pun tak boleh” is what they told me.

I can not PROVE there is another card floating around. But the three facts that point to it are: 1. the officer said “You collected your IC in July, right?” which proves that someone, somewhere collected an IC supposedly made by me. 2. the fact that my photo was there in the system, despite never actually finishing my application and 3. No trace of records tells me that someone knows this loophole and is exploiting it.

ah lau: Believe me, I have better things to do with my time than make stories/rumours up for fun, or post comment on blogs that don’t contribute anything to the discussion.

ahkok1982 and megaman: thank you.

Libra2: They don’t need my signature to send an application through. Any signature, photo, address, or other details–including fingerprints–could have been put on the card; because they can update/alter all the info immediately after it is issued. Leaving no trace of the fraud. If another person’s photo was used, with that person’s signature, then collecting the IC would not raise any alarm.

Apologies for the double posting. The first one didn’t appear until about four hours later. Especially to ah lau. Didn’t mean to ‘suan’ you twice.