Satellite used to track 'errant' individuals: ISA interrogators
Tracking down and recording words uttered by an individual at any one time is no longer an impossible task, thanks to the advances in satellite technology, claimed an Internal Security Act (ISA) detainee quoting his interrogators.
Saari Sungib, in a 60-chapter personal account of the grilling he underwent during the 60-day detention period between April 10 and June 2, 2001, claimed the chief investigating officer had repeatedly boasted about the police force's success stories.
In the 158-page report, Saari quoted the chief investigating officer as saying that once recording devices are "hidden in pens and certain objects", the monitoring can proceed smoothly.
"The device is for voice identification and is stored in a satellite's memory," stated the report.
"Whenever we want to track down what an individual is saying in his/her speeches as well as in secret meetings, all we need to do is activate the satellite memory and the voice-recording is done."
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