The Central Committee on Counter-Terrorism Meeting 2024 was held at 1 pm yesterday at the Areindama Hall, Myanmar Police Force Headquarters in Nay Pyi Taw. Attendees included State Administration Council Member and Chairman of the Central Counter-Terrorism Committee, Union Minister for Home Affairs Lt-Gen Yar Pyae, as well as vice-chairpersons, members of the Central Committee, chairpersons and secretaries of the Working Committees and Working Groups, the Chief of the Myanmar Police Force, senior police officers, and commanders from Nay Pyi Taw, Region, and State Police Forces.

During the meeting, Lt-Gen Yar Pyae discussed the impact of terrorism on politics, society, economy, and geopolitics, the evolving tactics of terrorist groups with advancing technology, UN Security Council resolutions on drones, the utility of AI technology in counter-terrorism, and the connections between terrorism, drugs, money laundering, and arms smuggling. He also emphasized the importance of international cooperation and the formulation of a national counter-terrorism strategy.

Vice-Chairman of the Central Counter-Terrorism Committee, Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister for Planning and Finance U Win Shein, and Union Minister for Border Affairs Lt-Gen Tun Tun Naung also contributed to the discussion.

Following this, the Secretary of the Central Counter-Terrorism Group, Myanmar Police Force, Chief Police Lt-Gen Win Zaw Moe reported on the group’s activities. This included operations against terrorist groups, the seizure of weapons and ammunition, compliance with Counter-Terrorism Law and Regulations, international information sharing, and the use of funds for anti-terrorism efforts and rewards for legal compliance.

Police Brig-Gen Kyaw Zeya, Head of the Transnational Crime Department of the Myanmar Police Force Headquarters, provided updates on measures to control the assets and funds of terrorists, prohibit financial services to these entities, revise working groups as per law and regulations, and draft and implement the National Counter-Terrorism Strategy.
Committee members, working committee chairmen, working group heads, secretaries, and members then presented their explanations and suggestions.

Finally, Lt-Gen Yar Pyae instructed relevant committees and groups to implement the recorded and approved points in line with procedures, continue studying the links between violence, drugs, money laundering, and arms smuggling, enhance international cooperation, raise international awareness of the true nature of the violence, and systematically use the Counter-Terrorism, Extremism, and Terrorism Prevention and Combatting Fund.

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