The Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli has stated that the Central Database Hub (Padu) was created exclusively by civil servants, refuting claims of private sector participation. This comes after Accio chief executive officer Dr Cher Han Lau had purportedly stated that his company was involved in Padu’s development in an interview with a radio station.
Rafizi confirmed that this claim is false after consulting with the team at the Statistics Department. He stated, “The Padu analytics team invited Dr Cher to upskill human resources in data science based on his big data and machine learning expertise. The development, collection and data cleaning process for Padu did not involve him or anyone from his company.”
He emphasized, “Padu was developed solely by civil servants without the involvement of any third parties.”
