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 Agency (AKPS) officers on suspicion of being involved in such activities.