China News Service, Kunming, January 9 (Reporter Hu Yuanhang) The reporter learned from the Yunnan Provincial Public Security Department on the 9th that the 2022 China-Laos-Myanmar-Thailand joint patrol and law enforcement summary meeting on the Mekong River was recently held in the form of video.
The summary meeting revealed that in 2022, the law enforcement agencies of the four countries seized a total of 3.19 tons of drugs.
According to reports, the meeting was hosted by the Myanmar side, aiming to review and summarize the effectiveness of the China-Laos-Myanmar-Thailand joint patrol and law enforcement work on the Mekong River in 2022, and look forward to the prospect of law enforcement and security cooperation in 2023.
Niu Haifeng, deputy director of the International Cooperation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security of China, Zhang Guofang, deputy director of the Yunnan Provincial Public Security Department of China, Sipan, director of the Border Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense of Laos, Sashan, deputy director of the Marine Police Department of the Ministry of Interior of Myanmar, and Noppadon, deputy commander of Thailand's fifth police district Lead a delegation to attend the meeting and give a keynote speech.
The summary meeting disclosed that in 2022, the law enforcement agencies of the four countries adhered to the "zero-contact" joint operation mode to overcome difficulties and successfully carried out 12 joint patrols and law enforcement operations, 80 training patrols, 162 various law enforcement operations, and dispatched law enforcement ships There were 204 boat trips and 2,700 law enforcement personnel. The daily police presence rate on the river remained above 80%, and the key sensitive nodes reached 100%.
The four countries have further promoted the fight against cross-border crimes, and successively jointly launched a number of special operations to combat cross-border crimes on the Mekong River and "Operation Thunder", "Clearing the Source and Stopping the Flow", and "Operation Calming the Gun", forming a law enforcement cooperation in regional coordinated governance and joint combat operations new situation.
According to statistics, the law enforcement agencies of the four countries cracked 22 cases of various types throughout the year, arrested 638 criminal suspects, seized 3.19 tons of drugs, captured 22 smugglers, rescued 3 people who were illegally detained, and captured 2 fugitives with red notices. The "zero occurrence" of the case has effectively curbed the rampant trend of various crimes in the Mekong River Basin, effectively safeguarding the safety of international shipping and the legitimate rights and interests of the people of the countries along the river.
In 2022, the law enforcement agencies of the four countries will explore and build a more open and pragmatic law enforcement security cooperation model.
China and Laos signed a number of cooperation documents such as the case cooperation mechanism, and built the arrest shelter and put it into practical application; China, Thailand, and China and Myanmar focused on information sharing and cross-border pursuit of fugitives. Positive results have been achieved; the law enforcement agencies of the four countries jointly held the "Watch-2022" four-country water and land investigation exercise, and successfully held the inspection cabin equipment exhibition; Construction and law enforcement equipment and material assistance, effectively improving the joint operations, emergency response and coordinated combat capabilities of law enforcement members from the four countries.
In his keynote speech, China stated that it will implement global development initiatives and global security initiatives, promote the common values of all mankind such as peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy, and freedom, promote practical cooperation among the four countries, and jointly create a new model of law enforcement and security cooperation. It has made new contributions to maintaining the security and stability of the Mekong River Basin, promoting regional economic and social development, and ensuring that people along the banks live and work in peace and contentment.
The Laos, Myanmar and Thailand spoke highly of the fruitful results achieved since the establishment of the Mekong Joint Patrol and Law Enforcement Mechanism, and reached an important consensus on the meeting's new plan to promote the high-quality development of the China-Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand Mekong Joint Patrol and Law Enforcement Mechanism.
In the future, the law enforcement agencies of China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand will further deepen close cooperation, continue to create new fields, new models, and new platforms for law enforcement and security cooperation, and jointly write a new chapter in international law enforcement and security cooperation.
The 4,900-kilometer Lancang-Mekong River winds its way southwards, and is a thousand-year-old "golden waterway" that affects the fate of the four directions, reflects brilliant civilization, and maintains splendid well-being.
The China-Laos-Myanmar-Thailand Mekong Joint Patrol and Law Enforcement Mechanism has been in operation for 11 years. The four countries have worked together to forge an example and wrote a magnificent poem of "the Lancang River is safe" in the Mekong waterway.
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