Criminals in Penang, beware


Bright young minds: Noor Rashid (right) being briefed by Seberang Jaya Community College students Mohd Firdaus Azizan (left) and Mohd Adil Hakim Kamal (centre) on their invention during the Royal Malaysian Police’s Innovation Day 2018 at USM in Penang.

GEORGE TOWN: Penang may be the first state in the country to install a face recognition camera system on the streets to detect and track down criminals.

The cameras, operated in public places, will identify individuals and a linked computer system will then run through the person’s criminal records.

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