PNP News Releases 2005

EBDANE IN THAILAND FOR ASEAN POLICE CHIEF'S CONFERENCE

PNP Chief, Director General Hermogenes E Ebdane Jr, will represent the Philippines in the 24th ASEAN Chiefs of Police (ASEANAPOL) Conference in Thailand .

Ebdane and the PNP delegation will fly to Chiang Mai , Thailand tomorrow for the 4-day conference.

Delegates from nine other national police forces in the ASEAN are attending the conference.

Topping the agenda of the 24th ASEANAPOL Conference are the prevailing regional crime concerns of international terrorism and transnational drug trafficking.

Ebdane will present the PNP's country paper on current transnational crime concerns, including efforts aimed at strengthening international cooperation with other police forces in the ASEAN against transnational syndicates.

ASEANAPOL-member countries have a standing agreement to closely monitor and exchange information on newly - emerging militant and radical groups, and take action to prevent them from developing into terrorist organizations.

Aside from the Philippines , other national police forces attending the conference are the Royal Brunei Police Force, Cambodian National Police, Indonesian National Police, Lao People's Democratic Republic General Department of Police, Royal Malaysia Police, Myanmar Police Force, Singapore Police Force, Socialist Republic of Vietnam Police, and the host agency, the Royal Thai Police.

In September last year, the PNP hosted the 23rd ASEANAPOL Conference in Manila .

The Philippines is a founding member of the ASEANAPOL. The 1st ASEANAPOL Conference was held in Manila in 1981.