Home minister Hamzah Zainudin said UNHCR cardholders in the country must register with TRIS to identify their whereabouts.

“Yesterday, the Cabinet approved the programme (TRIS). We want to ensure all data on UNHCR cardholders have been registered with TRIS.

“TRIS can also ensure whether they are living in our country for the purpose of employment or to carry out other matters,” he said at a media conference after attending a townhall session on “Hari Kita Demi Negara”, organised by the home ministry at Dewan Astaka, Batu Kurau, near here today.

Hamzah, who is also Larut MP, said TRIS had undergone trials for several years and had been given the approval to be implemented on a large scale.

He said the implementation of the TRIS database system had been handed over to a company which would ensure the data of all refugees, especially their location, is known.