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The Immigration Department will start using the biometric system on foreigners entering the country next month, its director-general, Datuk Alias Ahmad said.

However, he said, Persons with Disabilities (OKU) and children below 12 years of age would be exempted from the system.

For a start, the system would be installed at 61 of the 96 entry points into the country and the rest by end of the year, he told reporters here.

Malaysia has begun taking fingerprints from foreigners entering the country in a bid to prevent illegal immigrants coming in using fake papers, an official said Thursday.

Up to two million people -- mostly from neighbouring Indonesia and Myanmar -- work in Malaysia illegally, authorities say. Those arrested for working illegally or overstaying are deported but many try to return.

A pilot system, implemented at several entry points like the Kuala Lumpur International Airport since late last month, requires visitors to give prints of both index fingers, immigration spokesman Abdul Haidir Mohamad Sukor said.

Government bodies were urged to be transparent and adopt lean processes with clear simple procedures visible to the public to bring efficiency and convenience.

They took the challenge in their stride and provided various ICT related services and shorter transaction time. This is especially visible in the payment mechanism.

MEPS, single windows and payment gateways are now fundamental in the government approach to provide transparent, efficient and innovative transactions as propagated in the e-government initiative.

It is unlikely that the government would use the myemail.my platform, providing free email addresses to Malaysians who reach 18 years of age, to monitor communications among the public, with industry players saying that the notion would be, at best, far-fetched.

A software engineer, Mohamad Shuhaimi Yusoff, said such a move would not be possible due to the sheer volume of communications, saying the government would have to monitor millions of emails, even if only half of Malaysia's 27 million population were subscribing to the service.

The Malaysian government has revealed its plan to provide all adults in the country free e-mail accounts as a secure and efficient mode of sending tax returns and other official documents.

Said e-mail accounts will be a fail-proof way to send tax returns, and other personalised and potentially sensitive notices, according to government information.

The project, called 1Malaysia E-mail, will begin in July, with the aim of enabling the government to send official notices efficiently and instantly without compromising personal data of users – thus improving the delivery of public services.

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MY: Biometric System For Foreigners To Be Implemented Next Month

Malaysia starts fingerprinting visitors

MY: Business, too, must adopt lean and transparent processes

MY: Unlikely For Government To Use Myemail.my To Monitor Communications

Malaysian govt to offer e-mail accounts for notice delivery