Police to Discuss Establishment of "Korean Desk" at Korea-Cambodia Bilateral Talks

Reinforcing Personnel for International Joint Investigations

The National Police Agency announced on the 12th that during a bilateral meeting with Cambodia scheduled for the 23rd, it will address countermeasures against crimes targeting Koreans as an agenda item and discuss the establishment of a Korean Desk as well as the dispatch of police officers.

In order to promptly transfer the remains of Korean nationals to their bereaved families, the police are currently consulting with Cambodian authorities on a plan to visit the country within this month to conduct autopsies. In addition, the head of the National Investigation Headquarters plans to visit Cambodia soon to assess the local situation and discuss ways to strengthen investigative cooperation.

To bolster the response to serious crimes targeting Koreans in Cambodia, the National Police Agency has decided to expand the operation of the "Cambodia Crime Victim Joint Response Team." At next week’s International Police Chiefs Conference, the agency plans to share the gravity of criminal organizations in Southeast Asia with the international community and urge for greater cooperation.

The police, in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, will increase the deployment of police attach?s in areas where crimes against Koreans are frequent, and plan to reinforce personnel for international joint investigations by adding 30 officers.

On the 13th at 2 p.m., the Director of International Cooperation at the National Police Agency will hold an emergency video conference with 15 police attach?s from China and Southeast Asia. At 3 p.m., the acting Commissioner General of the National Police Agency will preside over a meeting to discuss "Countermeasures against Crimes Targeting Koreans in Cambodia and Ways to Strengthen International Cooperation."

Yu Jaeseong, acting Commissioner General of the National Police Agency, stated, "Crimes targeting Koreans in Southeast Asia are becoming increasingly serious," and added, "We will make every effort to enhance international cooperation and collaboration with relevant countries so that our citizens can feel safe living in those regions."

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