Immigration director-general Datuk Seri Mustafar Ali and Datasonic executive director Steven Ng received the award in Hanoi on Tuesday.
The award was presented during the High-Security Printing Asia Global Conference 2018 held from Dec 3 to 5.
The ePassport was jointly developed by the department and Datasonic’s subsidiary, Datasonic Technologies Sdn Bhd.
Being the first in the world to develop and introduce the ePassport back in 1998, the new version launched in November 2017 has upgraded security features including an embedded chip in the polycarbonate personal particulars page.
The chip’s new position, as opposed to being in the back cover previously, makes the passport harder to forge and allows data to be read easily. — Bernama.
Source: The Star Online
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