Recent footage of daredevils at the top of the unfinished Merdeka 118 skyscraper has also raised concerns about security at the construction site.
entering or leaving the country, but Beerkus later insisted in his social media comments that they had entered Malaysia legally and have since left the country.
“We wish to reiterate that stunts such as these are illegal and dangerous, and put at risk the safety of the trespassers and the hard-working personnel on site,” the developer said, adding that it will continue to upgrade the site’s security measures. But some stretches - including the side of a public road leading to adjacent Chin Woo stadium - were lined only with low metal railings covered with blue tarp. While security guards were stationed at vehicle access points, there were no such posts in these areas.
Mr Ravindran said there should also be closed-circuit television cameras covering the entire perimeter, with live feeds monitored by security personnel around the clock. Keow speaks from experience, having scaled a few of the tallest structures in Malaysia and the world. To get to the top, Keow said he used the stairs as the lift could raise alarms. But for the first 30 floors, he ran into multiple locked gates and bypassed them by jumping over the lift shaft.Keow insisted that he does not break locks, compared to some rooftoppers who are “notorious” for doing so and causing security to be beefed up. Some even hurt security guards to escape, he said.
Some rooftoppers, he said, turn their photos into non-fungible tokens - unique digital artwork that use blockchain tech to prove ownership - that can be sold for at least RM100,000 each.
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