Asean unites against online scams

Hand in hand: Saifuddin Nasution (left) delivering a speech during the 19th Asean Ministers’ Meeting on Transnational Crime and Related Meetings in Melaka. Also present is Undersecretary for Peace and Order in the Department of the Interior and Local Government of the Philippines, Nestor Bautista Sanares. — Bernama

MELAKA: Asean has resolved to place cybercrime, particularly online scams, at the top of its regional security agenda, moving away from sea piracy and international economic crime, which are now considered lesser threats.

Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said member countries reached a consensus at the 19th Asean Ministers’ Meeting on Trans­national Crime and Related Meetings at a leading hotel in Taman Melaka Raya here.