The National Registration Department (NRD) has introduced a new and faster integrated system for burial permits and death registrations reported at police stations in Peninsular Malaysia.

Deputy Home Minister Nur Jazlan Mohamed said the new on-line system which was developed jointly with the Royal Malaysian Police would make reports of death and issuance of burial permits easier.

"The present system requires the person who reports the death to be present at the police station to fill out the required forms, but with the new system, the police can input the information directly into the system.

"The police can issue the burial permit and temporary receipt for death registration to the person who reports the death, while the record of the death could be entered and sent directly to the NRD's database online for confirmation and the death certificate issued," he said.

Nur Jazlan was speaking at a press conference held after launching the system in conjunction with the National Registration Day today. Also present were the NRD's director-general Mohd Yazid Ramli and deputy inspector-general of police Noor Rashid Ibrahim.

Nur Jazlan said the new system would enable the NRD to update the deceased person's information into its database so that his family members could claim the death certificate from any of its offices throughout the country.

"The population data could be updated on real-time, which would increase the NRD's integrity as a source of record for the national population," he said.

Nur Jazlan said the integrated project was conducted on a trial basis on Sept 28 in four police stations in Klang, Petaling Jaya, Cheras and Salak Tinggi.

The pioneer project was also implemented at five NRD offices in Klang, Petaling Jaya, Maluri, Sepang and Putrajaya.

- Bernama