SECURITY GAP: Interpol could not reach its goal of ensuring ‘the widest possible mutual assistance between’ police if it continues to reject Taiwan’s potential, UK lawmakers said
Taipei Times
Date: Nov 04, 2018
By: Staff writer, with CNA, LONDON
The British-Taiwanese All-Party Parliamentary Group in a statement on Friday voiced its
This Oct.16, 2007 file photo shows the entrance hall of Interpol`s headquarters in Lyon, central France. Photo: AP
support for Taiwan’s bid to participate in Interpol as an observer.
In the joint statement, UK Member of Parliament Nigel Evans and House of Lords deputy speaker Dennis Rogan called on Interpol to invite Taiwan to attend the Interpol General Assembly from Nov. 18 to Nov. 21 in Dubai as an observer.
“As the cochairs of the British-Taiwanese All-Party Parliamentary Group, we have for many years supported Taiwan’s meaningful participation in international organizations, where Taiwan can make concrete contributions, including Interpol,” Evans and Rogan said.
Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) Commissioner Tsai Tsan-po (蔡蒼柏) in September sent a letter to Interpol requesting that the CIB be allowed to participate as an observer at the general assembly and in the organization’s activities. [FULL STORY]
