ASEAN police meeting to discuss cooperation

ASEAN police meeting to discuss cooperation

JAKARTA (JP): The sixth Joint ASEAN Senior Police Officers
Course, will be opened here today by National Police Chief Lt.
Gen. Dibyo Widodo.

Deputy secretary of the Indonesian central bureau of Interpol,
Col. Wayan, told The Jakarta Post the three-week annual course at
the Graha Purna Wira building, on Jl. Wijaya II in South Jakarta,
will feature various topics on Indonesia and ASEAN regions.

Among Indonesian topics is the country's criminal justice
system, social and cultural affairs and police management, Wayan
said.

The subjects will be delivered by high-ranking officers from
related bodies.

Wayan said an executive from the ASEAN secretary's office will
deliver his paper on future prospects for the region.

ASEAN includes Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei
Darussalam, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. "Each of the
ASEAN countries will be represented by three senior police
officers," Wayan said.

The course is part of activities held annually by ASEANPOL, a
body grouping police from all ASEAN countries.

The meeting, from Nov. 18-Dec. 6, hopes to extend mutual
understanding, and strengthen ties among ASEANPOL members who in
turn can help each-other fight crimes in the region, said Wayan.
Last year's course was held in Thailand.

Another activity of ASEANPOL is the establishment of the
ASEANPOL computerized data base network, linking all police
headquarters in the region on one line.

"We hope the network can be run at full capacity by the end of
this year," he said.

The ASEANPOL data base network will help police in the region
cooperate with each other, in efforts to identify and locate
criminal suspects and fugitives, Wayan said. (bsr)