Home Ministry Moots Using MyDigital Id For Traffic Summonses
KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 (Bernama) -- The Home Ministry (KDN) has suggested expanding the use of the MyDigital ID app, specifically in paying traffic summonses, its minister, Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said.
The move would be part of the government's digital transformation policy, he said, even though the use of MyDigital ID has yet to be made compulsory.
'In fact, the government has agreed to amend the National Registration Act 1959 to enable the official and comprehensive use of digital identification.
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