FIRST BILATERAL AND WORKING GROUP MEETING BETWEEN THE MALAYSIAN ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION (MACC) AND NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION (NACC) OF THAILAND (22-23 OCTOBER 2015)

First Bilateral and Working Group Meeting between Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) of Thailand – TH Hotel and Convention Centre, Alor Setar, Kedah Darul Aman, Malaysia.

NACC Thailand headed by Mr. Sakchai Maytineepisankul, Assistant Secretary-General of NACC. The delegations include five (5) provincial directors from NACC namely, Mr. Sornchai Choowichean, Director of NACC Provincial Office (Songkhla), Mr. Nattavud Khomprasert, Director of NACC Provincial Office (Narathiwat), Mr. Kritsak Dilokpornhirun, Director of NACC Provincial Office (Pattani), Mr. Payup Khotchaplayuk, Director of NACC Provincial Office (Yala) and Mr. Mongkol Wuttinimit, Director of NACC Provincial Office (Satun).

MACC headed by  Dato’ Azam bin Baki, Director of Investigation. The delegations include four (4) MACC State Office Directors which too include among others Dato’ Ahmad Khusairi bin Yahaya, Director of Policy, Planning and Research Division, Dato’ Sok One a/l Esen, Director of Intelligence Division, Dato’ Hajah Nooraziah binti Abd Manaf, Director of MACC Perak State Office, Dato’ Haji Mohd Fauzi bin Haji Mohamad, Director of MACC Kedah State Office, Datuk Abd Aziz bin Aban, Director of MACC Kelantan State Office and Mr. Yaacop bin Angah, Director of MACC Perlis State Office as well as the other senior management of MACC.

In line with Article 48 of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), the MACC and NACC has taken the initiative to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in 2012. This MoU agreement manifests the commitment of both institutions to foster long standing relation, where both parties pledged to support one another in the prevention of and fight against corruption, and to work together in fostering anti-corruption prevention measures.

The objective of this Working Group Meeting are as follows:

• Sharing of experience and best practices between both countries in efforts to prevent and combat corruption with the cooperation of enforcement agencies at the border;
• Improve knowledge on corruption issues, as well as to identify and discuss on a more effective and comprehensive corruption prevention approach.
•  Enhance relations between State MACC officers from Malaysia (Kedah/Perlis/Kelantan/Perak) and the NACC of Thailand (Satun, Songkhla, Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat) by establishing network between both parties in order to facilitate the implementation of tasks and duties of both agencies.
• To discuss of the joint operation on corruption enforcement and prevention activities in line with Articles 48 & 49 UNCAC.

The meeting further discussed on the possibility of:

• We would like to propose for the MoU meeting to be held in states which share their borders with Thailand, namely Kedah, Kelantan, Perak and Perlis.
• This MoU Meeting shall be held annually in rotation in related states, namely Kedah, Perak, Kelantan, Perlis, as well as Thailand. The MACC State Office concerned will have to assist the secretariat in terms of preparations for the meeting.

Both commissions hope that this meeting will be fruitful to both commissions and engender greater cooperation among us to obtain desired outcome in combatting corruption at our shared borders.

First Bilateral And Working Group Meeting Between The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) And National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) Of Thailand