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Youth earns 15 months for removing monitoring device

SIBU: A 22-year-old man placed under police surveillance with an electronic monitoring device (EMD) will now spend the next 15 months in prison for removing the device. Albert Welson who told police on June 10 that someone had stolen the device was arrested after police did not buy his story. In court today (June 15) […]

Drones to be used in fire-prone areas

MIRI: The relevant authorities here have been told to step up their efforts to curb open burning in view of the approaching dry season.  Transport Minister and minister-in-charge of Miri Division Disaster Management Committee (MDDMC), Datuk Lee Kim Shin made the call on Sunday after visiting the Tudan Watchtower here. He said the Natural Resources […]

Ministers returning from official overseas trips subject to quarantine, surveillance

KUALA LUMPUR: Cabinet ministers returning from official overseas trips are not only subject to a three-day quarantine but will also be placed under surveillance before they are discharged without danger to the public, said lawyer Datuk Mohd Haaziq Pillay Abdullah. He said the quarantine period was not limited to only three days because it would […]

Proposal to use AI in border surveillance

KUCHING: If fences or walls are built along the Sarawak-Kalimantan border to address illegal entry, they should be equipped with the latest technology, including artificial intelligence (AI) to assist in surveillance and monitoring. This was proposed by Sarawak Community Policing Association (SCPA) secretary David Xavier Hii Chin Loung when he was commenting on an earlier […]

Special base to prevent entry of refugees

LANGKAWI: The government is urged to set up a special base and apply new technologies such as drones for surveillance and monitoring the northern waters of Langkawi to prevent the entry of ethnic Rohingya refugees. Langkawi Umno Division head, Datuk Nawawi Ahmad said the infiltration of the illegal immigrants into the island had raised anxiety […]

Digital technology to monitor those in quarantine

BY DARYLL LAW & NATASHA JEE KUCHING: Sarawak unleashed its surveillance technology to combat Covid-19, in its efforts to stem the spread of the virus. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the adoption of the digital method by the Sarawak Multimedia Authority (SMA) is to assist the State Disaster Management Committee. Uggah, […]

Making sure polio doesn’t spread to Sarawak

KUCHING: The Health Department Sarawak has set up ways and means to prevent polio from spreading to the state. Two more cases of poliomyelitis (polio) in Sabah have rocked the nation again after the first announcement on Jan 10. The new cases have brought the total number of children infected with the re-emerging disease in […]