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Press conference on Second ASEAN Mi
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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