TEMPO.CO, Taiwan - The Taiwan government requested for international support in order to participate as an observer at the Interpol General Assembly, which will be held this year.
"Global security and social justice must exceed the territory, ethnicity, and political differences," said Tsai Tsan-Po, Commissioner of the Taiwan Criminal Investigation Bureau, in a release received by Tempo on Thursday, October 25.
Tsai said that Taiwan hoped to be able to participate in various Interpol activities. The country has been expelled from Interpol for the past 34 years.
"This weakens Taiwan's ability to seriously implement the security checks on its borders and to fight terrorism, people smuggling and transnational crime," said Tsai
According to Tsai, Taiwan had submitted a request to attend the 85th Interpol General Assembly in 2016 as an observer. Taiwan has also volunteered in 2017 to host the security seminar activities.
Interpol rejected the two requests, citing statements that it followed the 1984 resolution when China was a member.
"There should be no resolution or arrangement by Interpol that can ignore the efforts to strengthen the cooperation of cross-border police," said Tsai.
According to Tsai, Taiwan wanted to be involved in handling transnational crimes, as has been done with Thailand.
"Taiwan wants to contribute further in global initiatives to create a better world. A well-connected global security network can be created with Taiwan’s participation," said Tsai about the observer status at Interpol.
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