GEORGE TOWN: Six people, including an National Registration Department (NRD) assistant director, were slapped with 32 charges at a Sessions Court here related to falsifying Malaysian birth certificates and identity cards and selling them to foreigners.

NRD assistant director, Mohd Faizul Arifin, 34, faced two charges under Section 26E Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007; four under Section 466 of the Penal Code; plus another five under Section 25(1)(i) National Registration Regulations 1990.