KUALA LUMPUR – Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli has dismissed Accio Technologies chief executive officer Cher Han Lau’s claim that his company was involved in the development of the Central Database Hub (Padu).
In a statement today, Rafizi confirmed Accio’s non-involvement in Padu’s development following checks conducted by a team at the Statistics Department, citing Cher’s claim made in a social media post.
“Padu’s analytics team had invited Cher only under the capacity of upskilling in data science based on his capabilities in big data development and machine learning.
“The development of Padu and the collection or filtering of Padu’s data did not involve him or anyone from his company,” he said.
Rafizi reiterated that Padu was fully developed by the civil service without the involvement of any third party.
In a separate development, Rafizi announced that more than one million individuals have registered under Padu as of this morning, eight days after the system was launched and made accessible to the public.
In a post on social media platform X, he said that the figures include children under 18 years old.
“The entire government machinery has been deployed to ensure that we minimise the risk of being left out in the implementation of targeted subsidies through Padu registration.
“Let’s maintain this momentum to shift towards targeted assistance,” he said, urging those who have not registered to do so via Padu’s website.
He also appealed for the public’s assistance in helping those who are not tech-savvy to register, including parents, family members and neighbours.
Padu registration is open to the public from January 2 to March 31, and users can update and verify 30 personal details, including their ID card number, household number and residential address.
This initiative aims to improve the efficiency of policy planning and resource distribution, especially the distribution of targeted government subsidies and assistance to people who deserve it. – January 9, 2024