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After 2 mega thefts, Penang holds security forum May 24
POSTED: 10:12 a.m. EDT, May 16,2007
Malaysia's Penang State Government, the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and the Penang chapter of the Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation are working with police to enhance airfreight security by holding a one-day forum May 24.
Cargo security in Malaysia was brought into national focus after the MYR50 million (US$14.6 million) theft of computer parts at the MASkargo warehouse in Penang last November.
The forum will deal with the status of industrial security in Penang and protection of air cargo at the event organised by the Royal Malaysian Police, reported Malaysia's Business Times.
"The forum is also aimed at providing comprehensive air, land and maritime security in Malaysia," said SJ Security Consultants owner Syed Jaafar Syed Ali.
The forum, to be held at the university's Kuliah A, will include a keynote addresses from Federal Criminal Investigations Department Commissioner Christopher Wan Soo Kee, Malaysia Airlines cargo centre manager JJ Ong and Malaysia Airports Holdings general manager Kamaruddin Ismail.
After the November theft, some MYR3.5 million in computer parts was stolen from a warehouse in Juru, Penang. Other such thefts in Penang last year cost an estimated MYR50 million. |
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