A Sino-ASEAN seminar on China's criminal justice system and law
enforcement opened Monday, marking another step forward in the
fight against cross-border crime.
More than 30 officials from the law enforcement departments of
the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) and the ASEAN secretariat are attending the course, said a
representative of the Ministry of Public Security yesterday.
The ministry will present information on China's fights against
organized crime, illegal migration and drugs, as well as on
international cooperation in battling transnational crime.
The seminar is geared toward helping ASEAN member nations' law
enforcement bodies to understand China's criminal justice and law
enforcement systems.
China and ASEAN signed a memorandum of understanding on January
11 on cooperating in the fight against nontraditional crimes.
The MOU also indicates the willingness of China and ASEAN to
improve their collaboration in the fight against transnational
crime, said Tian Qiyu, executive vice minister of public
security.
The two parties agree to share information, exchange personnel
and training and cooperate in law enforcement.
The ministry has allocated special funds and has outlined a
five-year program and a 2004 cooperation plan to implement the
memorandum. China has suggested a three-stage implementation
strategy to carry out the five-year program.
Cooperation on non-traditional safety issues currently focuses
on drug trafficking, illegal migration including human smuggling,
piracy, terrorism, arms smuggling, money laundering, and
international economic and cyber crimes.
(China Daily August 17, 2004)