But criminal lawyer Kitson Foong advised caution if restaurant operators wanted to display CCTV images of offending diners. Another lawyer, Surendra Ananth, said there were aspects of the law that came into play when restaurant owners put up pictures of those who left without paying. If it is just a recording or a photo shown with factual description of what happened, then arguably the shop owner is just stating a fact. This implies the person intentionally committed a crime.”He said the shop owner might get into trouble in scenarios where the patron simply forgot to pay up. Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Noor Azam Jamaludin urged restaurant owners to lodge police reports if they suffered losses due to non-paying customers.

Source: The Star June 01, 2019 23:48 UTC