IN 2021, it was reported that an Indian man, Joachim Thayalan, and his Dusun wife, Elizabeth Joseph, were shocked to discover that the race of their two children – who were registered as “Dusun” on their birth certificates – was changed to “Indian” in more recent official documentation by the National Registration Department (NRD).
In a podcast on “The Chindian Diaries” in 2022, two people of “Chindian” descent, Kevin Bathman and Judith Lee, shared their experience of having their race “changed” by the NRD.