It was a hostile reception at quarry site


Get out of here: A worker (left) at the quarry throwing a rock at the drone.

GEORGE TOWN: All began well for The Star team and two drone pilots when we went up a hillslope in Teluk Bahang at 8am to check out a huge bald patch.

But within an hour, we had to flee the scene when a man, believed to be the site supervisor, came up to us and shouted: “Ini tempat kerja. (This is a place of work.)

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