Suspend Padu registration until security concerns addressed, Kian Ming tells govt

 

Ong Kian Ming said users who have registered but have not undergone the electronic Know-Your-Customer step should be asked to register again after the security issues have been resolved.

PETALING JAYA: Former DAP MP Ong Kian Ming has urged the government to suspend the registration of users for the Central Database Hub, or Padu, until concerns over security issues are resolved.

“I would strongly recommend for the Cabinet to make a collective decision to suspend the registration of Padu users until the security issues can be solved.

“The system should be properly stress-tested before it is rolled out again,” he said in a statement.

He added that users who have registered but have yet to complete the electronic Know-Your-Customer (e-KYC) verification should be asked to register again after the security issues have been resolved.

“I hope that my former colleagues in the Cabinet will not see this as a move to undermine their governing objectives,” added Ong, a former deputy investment, trade and industry minister.

He said that in highlighting the flaws in the Padu system, he hoped they could be quickly rectified before the next parliamentary sitting so that opposition parties would not have the opportunity to make them into a point of political debate.

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