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No more warnings for litterbugs as Malaysiaโ€™s Penang deploys bodycams

Malaysiaโ€™s heritage state of Penang has begun using body camera footage to prosecute litterbugs, widening a national clean-up drive that could see offenders fined or ordered by a court to carry out community service. The tougher enforcement, which took effect on Wednesday after a six-month grace period, gives patrol teams from the Penang Island City Council and Seberang Perai City Council powers to record offences at public hotspots across one of Malaysiaโ€™s best-known tourist states. Penang...