Batam (Antara Bali) - Home Affairs minister Gamawan Fauzi has said that approximately 80 million people of Indonesia have completed their electronic identification cards (e-KTP).

"There has been approximately 80 million people who have completed the process, and a portion of those people have received their e-KTP," said Fauzi in a meeting for the coordination of population for the Islands of Riau at Planet Holiday Hotel here on Thursday night.

The minister stated that since May,  there have been 5 provinces which have completed their implementation program for e-KTP including Yogyakarta, South Sumatra, Aceh and Bangka Belitung.

"Several other regions are also completing their program, hopefully by mid-June we would have processed 85 million residents," he said.

In comparison to several other countries that have already implemented the e-KTP program such as Germany, Netherlands, China and India, Indonesia is one of the fastest in it's implementation, said the Minister.(IGT/T007)


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