KUALA LUMPUR: Cooperation between the National Registration Department and the Finance Ministry is being strengthened to enable faster synchronisation of public data after MyKad replacements, says the Home Ministry.
The Ministry said this was to ensure eligible recipients can continue to access government assistance without disruption amid public complaints that some had lost access to the Budi Madani RON95 (Budi95) petrol subsidy after getting a MyKad.
It said the issue was temporary and technical, caused by differences in data update cycles between agencies, and that it does not constitute a loss of MyKad data or a loss of eligibility for assistance for affected Malaysians.
“The NRD supplies records of any MyKad data changes on a daily basis, which enables the Finance Ministry’s database to be updated no later than the next working day, ensuring the continuity and proper organisation of MyKad holders’ data.
“However, for the implementation of government assistance initiatives, data updates at the Finance Ministry’s system level are carried out periodically, namely on a weekly and monthly basis.
“As such, if applicants or aid recipients use a newly issued MyKad during the transition period, there may be temporary situations where data matching cannot be detected by the MyKasih and Budi95 systems, even though in reality the cardholder’s personal data has never been lost or deleted,” it said in a parliamentary written reply dated Wednesday (Jan 28).
To resolve this, it said ongoing efforts to strengthen data synchronisation between the registration department and the Finance Ministry would ensure a smoother implementation of government assistance initiatives for the people.
The Ministry was responding to a question from Jimmy Puah (Pakatan Harapan-Tebrau), who asked for an explanation of the issue of data loss for MyKasih and Budi95 data when Malaysians replace their identity cards.
