Thursday, May 27, 2010

30th ASEAN Chiefs of Police meeting concludes in Cambodia

May 27, 2010
Xinhua

The 30th conference of ASEAN Chiefs of Police (ASEANAPOL) concluded on Thursday after a series of discussion on common interest and the fight against crimes and terrorism.

A statement, released after the meeting, said heads of the delegations of the 30th ASEANAPOL had exchanged views on progress and ways forwards in the implementation of various operational measures, particularly as to how best member countries can work together to curb the common enemy of transnational crime.

"Also, heads of delegations of the 30th ASEANAPOL held a discussion with heads of delegations of ASEANAPOL dialogue partners, in which issues of strengthening mutual cooperation, particularly in the areas of law enforcement cooperation were deliberated and resulted with the development concrete plan of actions to be carried out by respective member countries and relevant dialogue partners," it said.

The three-day ASEANAPOL conference was held in Cambodia's capital of Phnom Penh, at which it was attended by nearly 300 high- ranking police officers from the ten ASEAN member countries and the dialogue partner countries including China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and the representatives of the ASEANAPOL Secretariat and Interpol.

Gen. Neth Savoeun, Cambodia's police chief who chaired the meeting, told reporters Thursday that the meeting had discussed a wide range of issues and had touched on particular topics such as terrorism, drug and weapon trafficking, maritime fraud and cybercrime.

On the sideline of the meeting, the delegations had met with Prime Minister Hun Sen during which Hun Sen said a single country cannot fight against crimes and terrorism, but joint cooperation from all ASEAN member states and the regional dialogue partners can do.

The meeting agreed that the next meeting of the 31st ASEANAPOL will be held in Laos.

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