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Internet firm, Shenzhen police join forces to stop suicide

— January 23, 2019 add comment
Thirty-five people contemplating suicide have been rescued in China since July in a joint effort by internet giant Tencent and the Shenzhen police to prevent people from carrying out the act. The... Read more »

Israel’s biggest relief and rescue team lauds NDRF’s efforts to trace missing Meghalaya miners

— January 18, 2019 add comment
Israel’s biggest relief and rescue team, United Hatzalah, has praised the relief and rescue operations underway to trace and rescue the miners stranded in Meghalaya. Lauding the National Disaster Response Force, United Hatzalah said... Read more »

Japan to test disaster warning system for Asia-Pacific region later this year using Michibiki GPS satellite

— January 15, 2019 add comment
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends a ceremony in Tokyo to mark the launch of Japan’s global positioning system satellite Michibiki in November. KOBE – The government is preparing to test a disaster early... Read more »

DEFPOL EXPO 2019 – Bangladesh

— January 12, 2019 add comment
ABOUT DEFPOL EXPO DEFPOL EXPO is an international exhibition for Defence, Internal Security, Public Safety and Crisis Management. The exhibition is going to be held in Dhaka for the first time citing... Read more »

4th Homeland Security Expo, Vietnam

— January 12, 2019 add comment
South East Asian countries are spending heavily on the homeland security. On the backdrop of the heavy spending on Homeland Security and Defense in the Asian region, Vietnam in particular, we are... Read more »
The State of Penang has launched the first public facial recognition system in Malaysia to the CCTV network on Penang Island to help police track down wanted criminals and reduce crime, the Malay Mail report. The system uses artificial intelligence (AI) to recognise faces captured by CCTVs. �€” Picture by Sayuti Zainudiin The city surveillance system uses AI to identify faces captured by the CCTV network operated by Penang Island City Council (MBPP). IBM Intelligent Video Analytics (IVA) technology is used for facial recognition. It will be rolled out over a three-year period from December 2017 through 2020, with a cost of RM12 million (US$2.89 million). “Wanted persons can be traced using this system and this system is fully linked with the police operations room in Penang,” Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said in a speech at the MBPP Operation Centre. The MBPP is in the process of installing 150 new cameras to expand its network of 767 CCTV cameras, while the mainland Seberang Perai Municipal Council (MPSP) is adding 94 cameras to its 130-camera network. Most of the cameras are located at major roads, intersections, and hotspots for criminal activity. The system will be used for other smart city purposes than just crime reduction. “The IVA can trace various traffic violations such as illegal parking, vehicles that used the emergency lanes, measure water level when it rains and facial recognition of people captured by the CCTV,” says MBPP Mayor Datuk Yew Tung Seang. The system is being paid for at the state level, and a local government official told the Malay Mail that he hopes the federal government will consider subsidizing the system and extending it nation-wide. Malaysia’s auxiliary police force began using body cameras with facial recognition technology provided by YITU last year. Source :https://www.biometricupdate.com/201901/malaysian-state-launches-facial-recognition-to-cctv-network

Malaysian state launches facial recognition to CCTV network

— January 12, 2019 add comment
The State of Penang has launched the first public facial recognition system in Malaysia to the CCTV network on Penang Island to help police track down wanted criminals and reduce crime, the Malay... Read more »