Parliament, Thursday, 13 May 2021 – The Portfolio Committee on Police yesterday conducted a fruitful bilateral engagement with the National People's Congress Supervisory and Judicial Affairs Committee of the People’s Republic of China, to share ideas and best practices in an effort to fight crime in their respective countries and the world.
Both committees re-emphasised their commitment to bilateralism and multilateralism in the effort to fight crime, especially in respect of the emerging threat posed by cybercrime and organised crime.
The committees emphasised the centrality of community based policing as a necessary platform to fighting crime. A good relationship between the police and the communities they serve was highlighted as a strong and obligatory pillar if the scourge of crime is to be defeated.
The collaboration between crime-fighting agencies across the world remains a necessary deterrent against cross-border crime that remains a threat to the livelihoods of the poor.
Both committees committed themselves to continuous engagement aimed at strengthening the relationship that already exists between the two countries and their respective legislatures. The sharing of ideas primarily aimed at strengthening crime fighting will also be strengthened because it is only through collaboration that crime will be defeated.
The meeting was attended by delegates of both committees and took place in a cordial spirit of cooperation, and builds on the bilateral agreement between the respective countries to learn from one another.
ISSUED BY THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMUNICATION SERVICES ON BEHALF OF THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON POLICE, MS TINA JOEMAT-PETTERSSON.
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