KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has proposed information-sharing cooperation among Asean member countries to enable the identity of convicted sex offenders to be identified in a bid to curb their activities, especially paedophiles.
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (pix) said the cooperation was vital to ensure that children in every Asean countries would be protected from sexual exploitation, including online.
“We want to see how we can collaborate within Asean because, right now, we want to have shared information and data.
“Through immigration, for example, we must share the information to enable us to know about convicted sex offenders and whether they are wanted in their countries so that we can take the appropriate action,” she told reporters after launching the 2019 International Association of Counter-terrorism & Security Professionals (IACSP) Cyber Defence Conference here today.
Meanwhile, in her speech, Wan Azizah pointed out that the information on the modus operandi of those convicted or charged with sexual crimes could also be used by the authorities to check if these criminals were targeting those beyond their borders. — Bernama
