Kuala Lampur, May 20 -- KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 - Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil said the use of official documents such as MyKad for age verification is already a common practice in Malaysia and is not inconsistent with existing digital verification systems.

He said identity verification using official documents is widely adopted across various sectors, particularly in e-wallet services and other digital platforms.

"From a policy perspective, it is well understood that age verification in this country currently makes use of documents such as MyKad and similar forms of identification.

"As a personal experience, when I went through verification for my Facebook Verified account, I also had to submit documents to Facebook to conf...