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Subject: Press conference on Second ASEAN Ministerial Meeting  

on Transnational Crime

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Press conference on Second ASEAN Ministerial Meeting  
on Transnational Crime


YANGON, 23 June-A Press conference on the Second ASEAN 
Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime took place at 
the Traders Hotel this evening.


    It was attended by Leader of Myanmar Delegation Chairman 
of Second ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime 
Organising Leading Committee Minister for Home Affairs Col 
Tin Hlaing and members,Commander o f Criminal Investigation 
Corps Of Indonesia Police Maj-Gen Drs DA'I Bachtiar, Deputy 
Minister for Home Affairs of .Malaysia Mr Dato Ong Ka Ting, 
Under-Secretary of Interior and Local Government of the 
Philippines Mr Anselmo S Avenido, Minister of Home Affairs 
of Singapore Mr Wong Kan Seng, Deputy Minister of Science, 
Technology and Environment Mr Porntep Techapaibul, 
Director-General of Police Department of Vietnam Sr Col 
Truong Hun Quocj Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN Mr I 
Robert Inkiriwang , Managing Director of News and Periodicals 
Enterprise U Tin Kha, Director-General of Information and 
Public Relations-Department U Chit Naing, Patron of Foreign 
Correspondents Club of Myanmar U Sein Win and President 
U Sao Kai Hpa and foreign correspondents, Director (News) 
U Hla Tun of NPE, chief-editors and officials.


    Speaking at the Press conference, Minister Col Tin Hlaing 
said the First ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational 
Crime was convened in Manila, the Philippines, in 1997, 
and the Second AMMTC was held two days ahead of Senior 
Officials Meeting as a preparatory to the Ministers' Meeting.


    The Ministerial Meeting considered and adopted the ASEAN 
Plan of Action to combat transnational crime, feasibility 
study on the establishment of the ASEAN centre on transnational 
crime, he said and adding the meeting also considered the draft 
UN Convention on Transnational Organised Crime and adopted the 
Joint Communique.


    He said the highlights of what had been discussed, 
considered and adopted for future actions are all stipulated 
in the Joint Communique.


    Correspondent U Aung Shwe Oo of Nippon TV asked a question 
about classification of types of transnational crimes.


    In answer to the question, Deputy Secretary-General of 
ASEAN Mr I Robert Inkiriwang said transnational crimes were 

categorised as violence, illegal narcotic drugs trafficking, 
arms smuggling, money laundering, trafficking in women and 
children, piracy, commercial crimes which are cheating of money 
and counterfeiting of goods, and others. Correspondent of Nihon 
Keizai Shimbun U Hla Htwe asked a question about work to be done 
before the meeting to be held in Singapore by the year
2001 as well as ahout possibilities of signing an agreement 
for extradition of criminals.

    In reply to U Hla Htwe's question, Under-Secretary of 
Interior and Local Government of the Philippines Mr Anselmo 
S Avenido said it was expected to be able to make preparations 
for things to be done in 2001 including that matter after 
forming a group of experts by the year 2000, adding it 
depends on the report to be presented by the group of experts 
in August this year.


    As a supplementary answer to the question, the Deputy 
Secretary-General said the Senior Officials Meeting is held 
every year as a preliminary meeting for the ASEAN Ministerial 
Meeting on Transnational Crime, and according to the 
resolutions and discussions at SOM, that matter will go 
on at the Ministerial Meeting.


    The Press conference ended at 6.30 pm.


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