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Home minister Hamzah Zainudin says some claim a person had approached them to sign documents but do not know whether it was for Rela membership.

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Home minister Hamzah Zainudin has advised the people to follow proper channels if they want to become Rela members. (Bernama pic)

KUALA LUMPUR:
Individuals who were registered as members of the People’s Volunteer Corps (Rela) without their knowledge will be contacted personally to find out how their names got registered.

Home minister Hamzah Zainudin said the ministry was in the process of contacting those affected to obtain more information after the issue went viral on social media recently.

“We have determined the overall total and are contacting them one by one.

“Earlier, Rela membership registration was carried out manually. Now, the information has been entered into the (computer) system.

“So far, two or three of them have said they were approached by a person to sign something but do not know whether it was for Rela membership or not,” he told reporters after carrying out movement control order monitoring at a shopping centre in Puchong here today.

He also reminded people who wish to join Rela to follow the correct channels and not to put down their signature blindly.

On June 15, the ministry had ordered Rela to investigate the possibility of data abuse following complaints that many people were registered as members of the volunteer corps without their knowledge.

Rela, in a statement earlier, denied that they had automatically registered all Malaysians without their consent or knowledge.

It is taking appropriate measures to conduct an in-depth investigation into the procedure of membership registration which was implemented before the Malaysia Volunteers Corps Act 2012 (Act 752) came into force.

Earlier, Hamzah inspected two factories in Salak Tinggi and Dengkil as well as a supermarket in Puchong for MCO violations.

Also present during the operation were Bukit Aman Internal Security and Public Order deputy director (Special Operations Force) Mastor Mohd Ariff and domestic trade and consumer affairs ministry enforcement director Azman Adam.

Meanwhile, asked about who will be recommended as deputy inspector-general of police, Hamzah said the proposed name had been sent to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong for his consent.

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