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Justice ministry spokesman Chin Malin meets with Vongthep Arthakaivalvatee on Feb 16. - JUSTICE MINISTRY

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): The Ministry of Justice and its Thai counterpart have held talks on Asean cooperation in the fields of criminal justice and the fight against transnational crime.

The meeting was held in Cambodia on Feb 16 between Chin Malin, ministry secretary of state and chief of the Asean Senior Law Officials, and Vongthep Arthakaivalvatee, former Asean deputy secretary-general and now special adviser to the Thailand Institute of Justice.

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