Hello, am I the father?

NST: PETALING JAYA: It was just 20 cases in 2004, 51 last year and in the first nine months of this year, there were already 46 cases.
But since the New Sunday Times highlighted the Chemistry Department’s paternity testing service on Oct 8, it has been getting one call a day on average.
"We have even had a call from a Penang state assemblyman," said Primulapathi Jaya, who is the head of the department’s DNA/Serology section.
"The assemblyman said he had been getting a lot of enquiries from people in his constituency and was calling on their behalf."
Most of the calls were from men who are worried that they could be raising another man’s child.
But, there have also been a few calls from women who want to sue for child support.
Primulapathi says it normally takes about three to four weeks for DNA samples to reach the department after enquiries are made.
The samples are sent to either the department’s DNA lab in Petaling Jaya or to its branch in Kuching for analysis.
The DNA Paternity Test has an accuracy rate of 99.9999 per cent.
The department charges a fee of RM1,500 for the analysis of two DNA samples and RM200 for each additional sample.
Confidentiality is guaranteed.
For further information, please refer to www.kimia.gov.my or call the Chemistry Department’s Serology/DNA Laboratory at 03-79853842.