EC introduces biometric system to overcome phantom voters issue

KUCHING: The Election Commission (EC) will introduce the biometric voter verification system to beef up security and overcome the issue of phantom voters, which is frequently raised by the opposition during elections.

"The use of the biometric system will also help in preventing an individual or a voter from casting vote twice," EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof told a press conference here.

He said the biometric system, however, would be tested in several constituencies to ensure its accuracy and effectiveness, before it could be launched officially for implementation in the next general election.

At present, he said the system had been adopted by several government agencies like the Royal Malaysian Police, Immigration Department and Department of Registration. - Bernama