KUALA LUMPUR, July 24 -- Before using your MyKad to buy essential goods using the government's one-off RM100 Sumbangan Asas Rahmah (Sara) cash aid, check if your identity card's microchip is damaged.

If your MyKad's chip is damaged, you will need to replace the identity card with the National Registration Department (NRD) in order to use the RM100 aid.

Why? That's because the MyKad's chip is used for purposes such as to: verify your identity; financial transactions such as using the government's Sumbangan Tunai Rahmah (STR) cash aid; banking matters; government clinics and school registrations.

Here area fewhelpful tips from the NRD:

In a Facebook post, the NRD told Malaysians they could try to find out on their own first if their MyK...