Insurance scheme 'data breach': S'gor MB clears the air

Several Selangor residents who checked their IC numbers on the Insan programme website found that they were registered for the free insurance scheme without their knowledge.

However, Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari clarified that the state government worked with the Election Commission, which allowed the EC to pre-register residents of the state for the programme using information from the electoral roll.

He stressed that residents were merely pre-registered to ensure smoother operation, and those who are interested would have...