System not able to handle Interpol's huge database yet


MALACCA: Malaysia’s current immigration database system is not capable of handling Interpol’s massive global database of 40.2 million lost passports, said Immigration Department deputy director-general (control) Datuk Sakib Kusmi.

Concurring with Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s statement in Parliament, he said the department did not have the capability and capacity to keep the database.

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