ASEAN police start data base<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A working group of the ASEAN Police (ASEANAPOL)
\nbegan a three-day meeting yesterday to discuss the establishment
\nof a joint data base system to fight the rising trend of
\norganized crime.<\/p>\n
Yesterday's meeting, the fourth held by the working group, was
\nto decide which company was to set up the system.<\/p>\n
Bids from three companies -- IBM, Anderson Consulting and ST
\nComputer -- were received in a tender opened in Singapore last
\nmonth.<\/p>\n
\"We hope this meeting of the working group will be the final
\none,\" Head of the National Police's Directorate of Operations
\nMaj. Gen. M.B. Hutagalung said.<\/p>\n
Reminding the audience that organized crime in the region was
\nincreasing, Hutagalung said, the data base would speed up the
\nexchange of information among ASEAN police forces in fighting
\ncrimes in the region.<\/p>\n
The system is planned to start operating early next year. The
\nfirst stage of network would cover ASEAN countries and would
\neventually be developed to include other countries including
\nFrance, where the secretariat general of the International
\nCriminal Police Organization, Interpol, is located.<\/p>\n
The proposal to establish a data base system among ASEAN
\npolice forces was agreed upon during the 12th meeting of
\nASEANAPOL in Brunei Darussalam in 1992.<\/p>\n
The agreement was followed up by meetings of the ASEANAPOL
\nworking group in the Philippines (1993), Thailand (1994) and
\nJakarta (1995). (01)<\/p>",
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