Lembah Pantai MP Fahmi Fadzil wants all Covid-19 vaccine recipients to be allowed to record their jab on video.
This came after a number of complaints relating to purported blank shots and underdosing.
"Everyone should be allowed to take photographs or a video when they get their vaccine.
"The vaccines purchased are also the taxpayers' money," he said on Twitter today.
Some Covid-19 vaccination centres have stopped recipients from recording their vaccination shots.
This was after controversy in May over videos showing some Covid-19 vaccine recipients receiving lower than the stipulated dose.
Following the incident, the government made it a rule for all personnel administering the vaccine to show the syringe before and after the injection.
It did not announce any official rule barring video recordings although some vaccination centres have done so.
The policy came under the spotlight again this month after complaints that blank shots were administered.
Only one complaint was caught on video at a drive-through vaccination centre where a healthcare worker was seen injecting a syringe without plunging its contents.
The government said action had been taken against the personnel.
There was no documentary evidence of other complaints with the complainants citing that they were not allowed to shoot a video.
Health Minister Dr Adham Baba had said those who received "blank" shots will be given a new one.
The government came under criticism over its lack of transparency in dealing with issues relating to the Covid-19 vaccination programme.
This included declaring that complaints on a face shield racket at a vaccination centre were "settled" without providing details. - Mkini
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