Malaysian National Anti-Financial Crime Centre paid a visit to DSI Deputy Director-General

Malaysian National Anti-Financial Crime Centre paid a visit to DSI Deputy Director-General

       On May 30, 2023, from 09.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., at Meeting Room 1 on the first floor of the DSI Headquarters, Pol.Maj. Suriya Singhakamol (Director-General) assigned Pol.Capt. Piya Raksakul (Deputy Director-General), accompanied by Mr. Somroek Tangkharawakhun (Acting Director of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs and Transnational Crime), Ms. Klairoong Ngamprasertpong (Deputy Director of the Bureau of Financial-Banking Crimes and Money Laundering) and relevant officials to welcome Dato’ Seri Haji Mustafar bin Haji Ali, Director-General of the National Anti-Financial Crime Centre-(NFCC) of Malaysia and the NFCC delegation who paid an official visit to Thailand. The two agencies discussed the guidelines for developing cooperation in preventing financial scams with NFCC’s aims to develop cooperation in joint operations and support in combatting Malaysian fraud cases with partner agencies in Thailand.

       The NFCC proposed the “Letter of Understanding on Collaboration between The National Anti-Financial Crime Centre (NFCC) Malaysia and The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) Thailand”, of which the DSI approved. The Drafting of Letter of Understanding is currently under way for the more flexible coordination and information exchanges between the two agencies.

       This is NFCC delegation’s third visit to the DSI, while the delegation paid 2 visits to the DSI in 2022. The NFCC Director-General also invited the DSI to visit the NFCC Headquarters in Kuala Lumpur to observe the NFCC operation center hosting the National Financial Crime Intelligence System (NFIS) for the benefits of coordination in reinforcing the financial crime suppressing capabilities, reducing threats of illegal acts, money laundering, and other relevant crimes.