The government will table the Omnibus Act at Dewan Rakyat to allow sharing of data between all government agencies via the Malaysian Main Database (Padu).

Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli said the act was necessary as the Padu system is an integrated data-gathering system that is easier to manage compared to existing data-gathering systems.

"The Omnibus Act will not only ensure the (safety) of data sharing but also that the process of data sharing is a legal mandate to guarantee Padu as a continuous database,” he said in reply to an additional question by Senator E Aknan about whether the government was...