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Over 70 delegates expected for Asean council meeting on drug menace next week
KUANTAN: Over 70 delegates from 10 Asean countries are expected to attend the 2025 Asean Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) Advisory Council on Dangerous Drugs Meeting in Pahang from Monday to Thursday (June 9 to 12).
Pahang assembly Speaker Datuk Seri Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin said the meeting will be chaired by Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speaker Datuk Dr Ramli Mohd Nor.
Sharkar said the meeting, themed "Uniting Parliaments for an Inclusive and Sustainable Asean in Addressing Contemporary Drug Challenges", would discuss member countries' commitment to collectively and inclusively tackling current dangerous drug-related challenges.
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"Our discussions will revolve around efforts to find solutions to ... drug trafficking as well as regional collaboration so that this issue does not worsen and we can curb or reduce related crimes,' he said when contacted on Friday (June 6).
He also said the resolutions achieved at the meeting would be raised at the AIPA General Assembly in Kuala Lumpur on Sept 17-22.
On Tuesday (June 3), Pahang police chief Comm Datuk Seri Yahaya Othman was quoted as saying that police would step up security control to ensure the meeting proceeds smoothly. – Bernama
