Malaysia’s national R&D center will implement digital ID; registrations start next week

Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is about to make good on his promise to fast-track the launch of the country’s digital identity program. The Edge Malaysia reports that the PM has named an implementation agency and announced that registrations for digital ID will begin next week across government, kickstarted with an allotment of RM80 million (approximately US$17 million).

First announced in late 2021, the Digital Identity Development Project (IDN) aims to secure a user-controlled biometric digital identification …

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