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Mon, 09/19/2011 - 14:03
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MALAYSIA TO SIGN SECURITY AGREEMENT WITH CHINA, VIETNAM
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 19 (Bernama) -- Malaysia will sign an agreement on
security cooperation with China and Vietnam to tackle transnational crime, said
Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein.
Among others, he said, the agreement involved the sharing of iformation on
international syndicates indulging in human trafficking.
"The agreement is also crucial in studying the flow of manufactured goods in
the context of trade which can sometimes be interpreted as goods that pose a
nuclear threat, for example," he told reporters after launcing the third edition
of the International Conference on Financial Crime and Terrorism Financing, here
Monday.
Hishammuddin said the agreement with Vietnam involved, among others, human
trafficking, workers' and students' visa besides security relations between the
two countries.
In his speech earlier, the minister said he would travel to China and later
Vietnam to ink the cooperation pacts in the next few months.
"Malaysia is serious about combating transnational crime and we shall pursue
this agenda to ensure that Malaysia remains a highly secure, safe and prosperous
nation for the benefit of its people and economy," he told the gathering.
Hishammuddin noted that Malaysia had signed an agreement on security
cooperation with Saudi Arabia in April 2011 and a memorandum of understanding to
prevent and combat transnational crime with the United Kingdom three months
later.
"We should realise that transnational crime is now one of the major threats
facing the world today. This is far bigger than the threat to the global system
compared to double-dip recessions, political uprising in the Middle East or even
earthquakes and tsunamis," he said.
He pointed out that transnational crime was far too complex for any one
nation to combat effectively as it was a global problem which required global
solutions with domestic enforcement.
The two-day conference is organised by a number of entities such as the
Institute of Bankers Malaysia, Compliance Officers' Networking Group, Asian
Institute of Finance and Malaysian Insurance Institute.
security cooperation with China and Vietnam to tackle transnational crime, said
Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein.
Among others, he said, the agreement involved the sharing of iformation on
international syndicates indulging in human trafficking.
"The agreement is also crucial in studying the flow of manufactured goods in
the context of trade which can sometimes be interpreted as goods that pose a
nuclear threat, for example," he told reporters after launcing the third edition
of the International Conference on Financial Crime and Terrorism Financing, here
Monday.
Hishammuddin said the agreement with Vietnam involved, among others, human
trafficking, workers' and students' visa besides security relations between the
two countries.
In his speech earlier, the minister said he would travel to China and later
Vietnam to ink the cooperation pacts in the next few months.
"Malaysia is serious about combating transnational crime and we shall pursue
this agenda to ensure that Malaysia remains a highly secure, safe and prosperous
nation for the benefit of its people and economy," he told the gathering.
Hishammuddin noted that Malaysia had signed an agreement on security
cooperation with Saudi Arabia in April 2011 and a memorandum of understanding to
prevent and combat transnational crime with the United Kingdom three months
later.
"We should realise that transnational crime is now one of the major threats
facing the world today. This is far bigger than the threat to the global system
compared to double-dip recessions, political uprising in the Middle East or even
earthquakes and tsunamis," he said.
He pointed out that transnational crime was far too complex for any one
nation to combat effectively as it was a global problem which required global
solutions with domestic enforcement.
The two-day conference is organised by a number of entities such as the
Institute of Bankers Malaysia, Compliance Officers' Networking Group, Asian
Institute of Finance and Malaysian Insurance Institute.
