Protection or invasion of privacy?
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Security cameras are monitoring government workers in northeastern Malaysia to keep them from slacking off or vanishing for extended tea breaks, a newspaper said Monday.
Sixteen closed-circuit television cameras were installed recently to improve security in northeastern Terengganu state's main government complex, but they serve the additional purpose of keeping tabs on some 1,000 workers there, Terengganu State Secretary Mokhtar Nong told The Star newspaper.
"We would know if they are adhering to office etiquette or playing truant, and we can also gauge if they are disciplined at work," Mokhtar said, adding that another 26 cameras were planned.
State Communications Unit deputy director Ruslan Abdul Rahman was quoted as saying the decision was "a brilliant idea," stressing that workers should "accept the move in a positive manner as this will actually encourage them to excel further."
Abdul Mubin Ismail, who works in the youth and sports department, told The Star that the move was "not to pinpoint our errors but to mold us into becoming more responsible." He added that the surveillance could also curb office politics and sexual harassment.
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