PETALING JAYA:
The home ministry is set to introduce a Foreign Digital Identity (FDI) system to combat corruption and “counter-setting” practices involving enforcement officers at the country’s entry points, including KLIA.
Home minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said the ministry’s FDI initiative will create a single digital identity for every foreign visitor, integrated with a centralised biometric system featuring three main identifiers – fingerprints, iris scans and facial recognition.
Saifuddin was responding to a question from Takiyuddin Hassan (PN-Kota Bharu) on steps being taken by the ministry to address counter-setting at the nation’s borders following the recent arrest of 18 Malaysian Border Control and Protection…