CCTVs will be very helpful

> KL mayor urges high-risk businesses to invest in such systems

KUALA LUMPUR: All high-risk business outlets should install closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras outside their premises as part of the war against crime.

These include entertainment outlets and those operating until late at night.

KL Mayor Datuk Seri Mhd Amin Nordin Abd Aziz revealed that Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) is trying to make it mandatory for these outlets to install CCTVs.

“This is where certain crimes, such as drug abuse in some entertainment outlets, always happen.

“Furthermore, with these outlets installing CCTVs, it would enable the authorities to retrieve the footage and have them used as evidence whenever a crime occurs,” Mhd Amin said after meeting some of the participants of the KL Tower International Jump 2016. The event is on until Oct 3.

He added that although it would not be mandatory for lower-risk business outlets to follow suit, they too are encouraged to participate in the move as it would help to prevent crimes such as robberies and snatch thefts from taking place.

Asked how DBKL plans to make it mandatory and when it would be implemented, Mhd Amin said DBKL plans to make it part of the licensing requirements and the date for implementation would depend on City Hall’s licensing department as it is still discussing the proposal with the relevant agencies.

Sources close to DBKL said the move is likely be implemented next year as business licence renewal and applications are done either early or end of the year.