MALAYSIA tests ID chips for embedding in bodies - Silicon.com
"The Malaysian government has acquired rights to chips that can embed identity tags into cash, passports or even human bodies. The government has acquired intellectual property rights to the chip - now dubbed the Malaysian Microchip (MM from Japanese research and development (R&D) company FEC, which designed it. The chip can replace barcode tags in retail goods, and can be inserted into the human body, animals, bullets, credit cards and other items for verification purposes, said the report."