Malaysia biometric database to monitor borders

Criminals beware! (The Malay Mail)

Police are set to have a new weapon which will enable them to monitor the comings and goings of known foreign criminals.

Come June 1, their existing criminal database, the Biometric Fingerprint Identifi cation System (BIOFIS), will be linked up to Immigration Department’s National Foreigners Enforcement and Registration System (NERS).

This will grant police access to records of foreign visitors who enter Malaysia via immigration checkpoints, and ensure those with criminal records in Malaysia can be monitored closely.

Malaysia really has been active in terms of government implementation of biometric ID management systems lately.