The F.B.I. has been training police officers in other countries in Forensic Science.

According to an October 22, 2007 article on Bernama dot-com, The Malaysian National New Agency, beyond general forensics, courses in forensics crime scene management were also offered to Kuala Lumpurian and other Malaysian, police officers.

All of this training has been in anticipation of the passing of a draft bill…

“…aimed at establishing a DNA database has been formulated and will be submitted to the Attorney-General’s Department for approval.

Deputy Internal Security Minister Datuk Fu Ah Kiow said that once the green light was given, it would be tabled in the Dewan Rakat.

(The Dewan Rakat, which literally means “people’s hall”, is the House of Representatives in Parliament of Malaysia. – Wikipedia)

The database would enable all DNA samples to be stored and used to assist investigations or in court proceedings, he said when responding to Datuk Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar (BN-Santubong).

Fu also said that foreigners accounted for only two per cent of crimes committed in the country.

‘But for violent crimes like murder and armed robbery, they accounted for between 16 and 18 per cent of the cases,’ he said. “