15th China-ASEAN Prosecutors-General Conference kept in Hong Kong (with photos/video)
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The 15th China-ASEAN Prosecutors-General Conference, hosted by the Supreme People’s Procuratorate of individuals’s Republic of China and arranged by the Department of Justice of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), was kept in Hong Kong today (September 23). The Conference was gone to by around 80 individuals consisting of district attorneys basic, attorney generals of the United States, and agents from prosecution authorities from China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states.
Started by the Supreme People’s Procuratorate of individuals’s Republic of China in 2004, the China-ASEAN Prosecutors-General Conference is a routine multilateral platform for top-level exchanges in between prosecution authorities of China and ASEAN member states on problems of typical interest, with a view to boosting capabilities in fighting multinational criminal activities, securing individuals’s incomes and preserving local stability. The Conference belongs to the thorough tactical collaboration in between China and ASEAN.
The year’s Conference style, “Combatting Money Laundering and Corruption, and Recovering Assets in the Technological Age”highlights the global nature, fluidity and intricacy of criminal activities associating with cash laundering and corruption in the technological age and the difficulties postured by technological improvements to reliable police and prosecutions versus cash laundering and corruption, and requires unity as China and ASEAN member mentions sign up with hands to increase to such difficulties in the digital period.
The Chief Grand Prosecutor and Prosecutor General of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate of individuals’s Republic of China, Mr Ying Yong; the Chief Executive of the HKSAR, Mr John Lee; the Secretary for Justice, Mr Paul Lam, SC, officiated and provided their inviting speeches at the opening event.
In his speech at the event, Mr Ying stated that with the robust advancement of the China-ASEAN detailed tactical collaboration, the tactical shared trust in between the 2 sides has actually continued to enhance. The China-ASEAN Prosecutors-General Conference is a crucial conference under the China-ASEAN structure, and plays an important function in promoting peace, security, success, and sustainable advancement in between China and ASEAN member states. The style of this conference shows the shared understanding amongst individuals concerning the damages of cash laundering, corruption, and cross-border transfer of illegal funds. It likewise embodies the typical goal of prosecutorial authorities throughout jurisdictions to reinforce worldwide anti-money laundering and anti-corruption co-operation, and to deepen cooperation in recuperating criminal properties for much better protecting local security and stability while promoting typical advancement.
Dealing with the event, Mr Lee thanked the Central Government for arranging and supporting Hong Kong in hosting the conference. He stated that China and ASEAN are great neighbours, buddies and great partners with a long history of co-operation. As the only multilingual typical law jurisdiction under the “one country, two systems” concept, Hong Kong has complete ability to promote the guideline of law and function as a centre for global legal and disagreement resolution in the Asia-Pacific area. He stated that nations need to collaborate in the technological age to utilize ingenious innovation to fight the so-called innovators of criminal offense, and develop a future where innovation serves security. This conference is an excellent chance to enhance co-operation in between China and ASEAN nations in fighting cross-border criminal activities.
Mr Lam stated in his speech that the HKSAR, under the “one country, two systems” concept, has close legal co-operation with ASEAN member states, consisting of the finalizing of bilateral shared legal support contracts, taking forward co-operation based upon reciprocity endeavors and executing crucial worldwide conventions connecting to fighting multinational criminal activity. Hong Kong will continue to enhance its cooperation with ASEAN member states in fighting global criminal offense in action to the brand-new advancements in the area’s financial and social landscape.
Following the opening event, agents from China and ASEAN member states continued to the plenary sessions. Attending to the plenary session of the Conference, Mr Lam proposed a multipronged method to fighting cash laundering and corruption in a technological age, consisting of the fortifying of public education and enforcing much heavier charges to prevent members of the public from laundering cash for others; stringent enforcement of legal tasks to need banks to find and report suspicious deals; utilizing legal ways to stop dissipation of funds in cash laundering; and boosting the prosecution’s ability to deal with technological criminal activities. Mr Lam informed the individuals on the current legal efforts required to enhance Hong Kong’s legal structures in fighting cash laundering and corruption associated offenses, along with Hong Kong’s active function in deepening cooperation with ASEAN member states in this regard.
Throughout the conference, the Heads of Delegations of China and ASEAN member states will sign the Joint Declaration of the 15th China-ASEAN Prosecutors-General Conference, stating and declaring the dedication of China and ASEAN member mentions to combat versus multinational criminal offenses, consisting of cash laundering and corruption; to enhance co-operation and sharing of understanding and finest practices; to improve anti-money laundering and anti-corruption regulative structures and legal tools, and step up marketing works to boost public understanding and awareness of cash laundering and corruption.
Throughout the conference kept in Hong Kong, Mr Lam, as a member of the Delegation of China, participated in bilateral conferences in between the delegation and ASEAN member mentions to exchange views of typical interest.