News conference on Meeting of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement

Drug Law Enforcement Agencies of Asia and the Pacific Region (HONLEA) which was

co-sponsored by United Nations Drug Control Programme and Myanmar, was held at

the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control Director General of Myanmar Police

Force Pol. Maj-Gen. Soe Win, Bangkok-based UNDCP Law Enforcement Adviser Mr.

Yngve Danling, Residential Representative of UNDCP, Mr. Jean-Luc Lemahieu, SAC

F/Director Mr. Tan Seck Kang of the Central Narcotics Bureau of Singapore,

delegates of respective nations who attended the meeting, Managing Director of

News and Periodicals Enterprise U Tin Kha, Director General of Myanmar Radio and

Television U Khin Maung Htay, Director (News) of News and Periodicals Enterprise

U Hla Tun, Adviser to the Minister for Information U Kyaw Min, Patron of Myanmar

Foreign Correspondent. Club U Sein Win, President U Sao Kai Hpa, Secretary U

Win said that the 24th Meeting of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement

Agencies, Asia and the Pacific, which started on 14 November, concluded

laid down by the 23rd HONLEA Meeting: illegal trafficking of heroin, electronic

crimes concerning the strategy of drug trafficking, control of stimulant tablets

Administrative Region and Macao Special Administrative Region totalling 20 took

part in the meeting. Altogether 82 delegates and 8 observers attended the

the CCDAC of Myanmar, and there have been benefits and success for hosting that

meeting. It is heard that heads and delegates of various nations made remarks

accusation that heroin was produced from the golden triangle region, it is found

in view of seizures of heroin and evidence that heroin has been flowing into

about heroin passage from the west to the east, Police Maj- Gen. Soe Win said

that although it was produced from the golden triangle region shared by Myanmar,

Thailand and Laos, it has been known on account of laboratory experiments and

seizures that the passage of heroin produced from the golden crescent region has

reached up to Pakistan. There is a decrease in Myanmar in terms of cultivation

and production, and the 15 – year project in course of implementation and

narcotic drug elimination programmes are being implemented in cooperation with

national race leaders. The 15 – year project has been one year old, and during

of Strategic Studies Col. Kyaw Thein said ” What the Secretary of the CCDAC has

mentioned about the finding of heroin substances reaching the part of the Asia

and Pacific region, was included in some of the discussions made during the

parts few days. Some countries have stated that they have found illegal

smuggling of heroin and related drugs which originated from the golden crescent

area. These have been discussed during these few days. This is what the

” The absence of certain countries has not adversely affected the impact on

the meeting but would it not be wise to come to the conclusion that their

absenting themselves from here would boomerang on them since they are what we

might call them on the receiving end of these drugs too and they should be able

to send some representatives here at least to make it a point that they heed

absence from this meeting caused any damage to the meeting and for the future,

either. But of course, UNDCP as an organization is looking for funding from all

the developed countries. We do lack funding from the European countries when it

comes to support to Myanmar. On the other hand, the law enforcement programme

which is executed by my office in Bangkok, is covering six countries including

Myanmar and we love similar activities in Myanmar as in the other five so-called

MoU Countries, China, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand. So when it comes to

supporting law enforcement agencies, Myanmar gets the same share, so to say, of