ASEAN police to link up

Tue, 28 May 1996 | Source: DPA

KUALA LUMPUR (DPA): An online linkup of police forces in the seven ASEAN nations is being developed to improve cooperation and coordination of policing in the region, a police spokesman said yesterday.

The linkup was discussed by national police chiefs at the 16th Aseanapol Conference of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The conference opened here yesterday.

Vietnam is attending the three-day conference for the first time, and is represented by its police director-general, Major General Le The Tiem, the spokesman said.

Malaysian Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Rahim Noor also launched the Aseanapol Database System.

Police chiefs from Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and Brunei are also attending the conference. Indonesia is represented by National Police Chief Lt. Gen. Dibyo Widodo.

The police forces of Malaysia and Singapore currently share an online system.

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