KUALA LUMPUR: The debate on the Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Identification Bill 2008 at the committee stage has been postponed, Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said Tuesday (2 Dec).

He said the deferment was to make way for the tabling of several new and more important bills including the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Establishment Bill.

It would also allow the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill and Special Complaints Commission Bill to be debated urgently, he added.

"Since such bills are to be debated urgently, I agree for the postponement of the DNA bill which is now at the committee stage and the third reading will be held in the next meeting," he said.

The ministry also took into consideration the need to look at the views expressed during the previous debate on the DNA bill, he told reporters at the Parliament lobby. (Bernama)