Keeping an eye on MCO offenders


Close watch: Officers Che Lizan Mohd Saad (right) and Megat Muhamad Zulhelmi monitoring the streets through the CCTV cameras at the MBPP’s CCTV Control Room in Level 4, Komtar, Penang. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

Local authorities in Penang will be watching for violators of the Covid-19 recovery movement control order (MCO) using the 1,177 public surveillance cameras.

Some of these cameras are even equipped with facial recognition technology to nab offenders.

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