Malaysia, Brunei Wage Joint War Against Drug Abuse
By Maya Salleh

Bandar Seri Begawan - Drug enforcement agencies of Brunei Darussalam and Malaysia have joined hands to quell the menace of drugs through prevention education and rehabilitation besides sharing information and formulate strategies to curb smuggling activities.

The Narcotics Control Bureau under the Prime Minister's Office, together with the Narcotics Department of the Royal Police Force Malaysia, yesterday morning held its 7th Work Group Meeting at the Conference Room of The Empire Hotel and Country Club.

Leading the Brunei Narcotics Control Bureau's 10-member delegation was Awang Haji Roslan bin Haji Suhaili, Assistant Director of Enforcement and Intelligence Unit.The six-member delegation of the Narcotics Department of the Royal Police Force Malaysia was headed by P/ SAC 2 Noor Rashid bin Ibrahim, Deputy Director 3. Both senior officers co-chaired the Work Group Meeting.

The 7th Work Group Meeting was aimed at enhancing the bilateral cooperation between the two agencies and, at the same time, expanding the scope of their cooperation to include treatment, recovery and education on drug prevention.

The main agendum of the meeting was to formulate ways to balance measures from the view of curbing both supply and demand, which called for the cooperation of both agencies. Other agenda included the increase in opportunities to attend relevant training and courses in respective work fields.

In an interview, Awang Haji Roslan stated that the main objective of the meeting was to strengthen the cooperative relationship between the two agencies as well as to tackle the problems faced such as information sharing and gathering on drug-related activities and formulate strategies in countering drug trafficking through sea.

Awang Haj i Roslan expressed hope in finding effective strategies in achieving the shared aims and objectives of the two agencies and added that the scourge is not only a problem faced by the two countries and its neighbours but is a global concern.

When asked on the level of drug problem in Brunei, he said, that it is under control and urged for cooperation from all members of the public in alerting the Bureau of drug-related activities.

Yesterday's Work Group Meeting will be followed by a Bilateral Meeting between the two agencies today to be co-chaired by Awang Haji Abdul Majid bin Mangarsah, the Acting Director of the Narcotics Control Bureau, and Dato Najib bin Abdul Aziz, the Director of Narcotics Department of the Royal Police Malaysia.

The Bilateral Meeting will finalise issues that were raised in yesterday's Work Group Meeting. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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