Looking to monitor workers via RFID system


Reports by HEMANANTHANI SIVANANDAM, RAHIMY RAHIM, MARTIN CARVALHO and TARRENCE TAN

THE Home Ministry will look into a proposal for a radio frequency identification (RFID) based card system to monitor foreign workers in the country.

“We will review the implementation of the system,” said Deputy Home Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Mohamed Said in his reply to a supplementary question from Datuk Abdullah Sani Abdul Hamid (PH-Kapar) who asked about the use of the RFID card system as part of a long-term plan to monitor foreign workers.

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