Steps to curb lorry hijacking

PENANG: Helicopters may be used to monitor the movement of lorries carrying factory goods worth millions of ringgit to prevent such vehicles from being hijacked, said state police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Othman Talib. 

Suggesting the idea to the Free Industrial Zone Penang Companies Association as a security measure, DCP Othman said: “Another measure is to have a special ops room which will be linked to the transport companies vehicle tracking system. But this will have to be studied thoroughly before the streamlining can be done.