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JOHOR BARU: Decisive action must be taken by the government to update its legal framework and improve technological measures to combat the misuse of drones, says the Malaysia UAV Development Association. Its co-founder and president Datuk Lester Tay Kean Boon (pic) said the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia should revise …

KUALA LUMPURL: The Prisons Department has forged a strategic partnership with the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) to address the growing threat of drone intrusions aimed at smuggling prohibited items into prisons. In a statement today, Prisons Department Commissioner-General Datuk Seri Nordin Muhamad said an Anti-Drone System and …

Layers of barbed wire fencing surround the Matsqui Institution in Abbotsford, B.C. The massive, concrete prison sits among rural fields across from an elementary school, about 70 kilometres east of Vancouver. Despite the fortification, the union representing correctional officers says bundles of drugs have literally — and routinely — been dropping from …

Documents obtained by The Age show drones have slipped past prison defences that until recently were hobbled by a reliance on manual observation by guard patrols and CCTV to protect airspace over the sprawling complexes. One incident report, released through freedom of information, shows authorities failed to detect a drone …

The government could introduce an anti-drone system to stop drug smuggling in English prisons after a successful six-month experiment in Guernsey prompted ministers to consider a U-turn about the technology. Prison governors and officers and the chief inspector of prisons have expressed frustration at the failure of HM Prison Service …