GOVERNMENT WILL STUDY DNA BANK PROPOSAL TO CHECK BABY-DUMPING

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 23 (Bernama) -- The government will study whether a
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) bank will be effective in checking baby-dumping.

Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said using the DNA bank to solve crime cases
would be a new approach.

"If found to be practical, we can can make it as one of the 55 ministry
initiatives under the National Key Result Areas (NKRA) aimed at reducing
crimes," he said after launching "Countdown Famine 30 Hours" by 8,000 Chinese
and Indians in Bukit Jalil here Sunday.

Hishammuddin was commenting a proposal by Selangor police chief Khalid Abu Bakar
on Friday calling for the setting up of a DNA bank to check baby-dumping.

He said baby-dumping should not be left solely to the Home Ministry and urged
other ministries and non-governmental organisations (NGO) to be involved.

The ministry was also open to other more practical proposals to check rampant
baby-dumping.

On another note, he said the biometric system would be implemented at all entry
points starting October to record visitors and stop those on the blacklist from
entering the country.

The employer database would also be implemented to record information to
facilitate the intake and management of foreign workers.
-- BERNAMA