THE government is prepared to consider setting up a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) to look into the syndicate selling Malaysian birth certificates and MyKad to foreigners, if there is a need for it in the future, the Dewan Rakyat was told yesterday.

Deputy Home Minister Datuk Mohd Azis Jamman (picture) said the police had been given the full authority to investigate the case which occurred in Penang last month.