The Police Association of China (PAC) held the annual Symposium on Police Studies of the Strait cum Hong Kong and Macao at the Taipei International Convention Centre between December 2 and 5.

 

Since 2005, the symposium has been held with different themes on the Mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan in rotation each year, serving as a platform for academic exchange on combatting cross-boundary crimes.

 

This year, Commissioner Tsang Wai-hung led a delegation of 25 officers to attend the seven plenary sessions of the symposium. The delegation comprised representatives from the four staff associations of the Force, officers from formations who were the authors of academic papers and two representatives from Immigration Department.  

 

Featuring the theme of "Reflection and Vision on the Mechanism for Cross-boundary Police Co-operation", the PAC received a total of 82 academic papers from the Mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, nine of which were submitted by the Force. In the papers, experts, scholars and police elites from the four places examined the ways to enhance the mechanism for cross-boundary law enforcement and police co-operation, and shared experiences and views on issues such as strengthening the fight against cross-boundary drug trafficking, telecommunications fraud and online crimes, as well as confiscation of proceeds of crime.  

 

After stringent evaluation by an assessment panel comprising experts from the four places, a total of 53 papers were incorporated into this year's Symposium Journal and 29 authors were invited to present their papers at the plenary sessions. 

 

On December 3, PAC President, Mr Tian Qiyu; Chairman of Taiwan Criminal Investigation and Prevention Association, Mr Chen Shiang-li; Director General of Taiwan Police Agency, Mr Wang Cho-chiun; Commissioner Tsang; and the Commissioner General of Unitary Police Service, Macao, Mr Jose Proenca Branco, delivered speeches at the opening ceremony.  

 

Mr Tsang said: "The Symposium serves as a discussion platform for exchanging theories and practices in police studies by experts and scholars. It is one of the significant events of police exchange among the four places each year."  

 

"Through in-depth discussions on issues of common concern and exchanges of experiences in developing and promoting police studies, we make joint efforts to maintain law and order in the four places," he added.

 

 

Attending the symposium were 250 participants, including police officers, experts and scholars from the Mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao. The participants conducted an in-depth examination of related issues and presented the findings of their studies.  

 

Chief Inspector Chan Tin-chu and Senior Inspector Cheung Hang-fai from Organized Crime and Triad Bureau presented their papers, namely "To Combat Cross-boundary Organised Crimes through Financial Investigation" and "To Examine the Current Situation and Outlook for Sharing Proceeds of Cross-boundary Organised Crimes".

 

Chief Inspector Law Yuet-wing from Commercial Crime Bureau, an expert in cyber security, and Inspector Leung Yin-man from Liaison Bureau also exchanged views with the experts of police studies on two related topics, "Police Tactics for Safeguarding Cyber Security ─ Theory and Practice" and "The Significance of the Amendment of the Mainland's Criminal Procedure Law for Reaching the Agreement between the Mainland and Hong Kong Concerning Surrendering of Fugitive Offenders".  

 

Deputy Commissioner (Management) Ma Wai-luk presided at one of the sessions and Director of Personnel and Training Chau Kwok-leung acted as a commentator at another session.

 

Over the past years, the symposium strengthened the co-operation among the police agencies in the four places. With the active participation of the delegates, this year's symposium concluded with fruitful results. The next Symposium on Police Studies of the Strait cum Hong Kong and Macao will be held on the Mainland.