NTU employee fined $7,500 for flying unlicensed drone on campus

A housing and auxiliary services manager at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) wanted to check if the roof of a hall on campus was properly cleaned, so he flew his unlicensed drone to take pictures of it.

- Jean Iau

A housing and auxiliary services manager at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) wanted to check if the roof of a hall on campus was properly cleaned, so he flew his unlicensed drone to take pictures of it.

Yesterday, Albert Yu Yeong Jian, 54, was fined $7,500 for flying the 570g unregistered drone last year. He flew it again later that same morning at an altitude exceeding 61m above mean sea level, which requires a permit he did not have.

Four other similar charges were taken into account for his sentencing.

NTU said Yu is still an employee, and any employee who violates the law and university rules may be subject to disciplinary action.