Experts urge Asean to align laws, close gaps in cybercrime fight
Regional experts have called for closer legal alignment and real-time intelligence-sharing to shore up Asean’s cyber resilience, with Southeast Asia’s patchwork of cybercrime laws leaving the region exposed.
David Martinez Vinluan, executive director of the Asean Chiefs of Police Conference’s (Aseanapol) secretariat, warned that cybercriminals could exploit gaps in legislation between Asean member states as there were discrepancies between their law enforcement policies.
Vinluan, of the Philippine National Police, recalled presenting findings on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in law enforcement during a Interpol-United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute meeting in Singapore last year.
“We found out that only three out of the 10 Asean member countries use AI in law enforcement. However, criminals are using AI and IT, regardless of whether…
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