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Indonesian customs maintains synergy with Singapore Police Coast Guard
The Customs and Excise Agency and the Singapore Police Coast Guard (SPCG) have joined forces for coordinated patrols at the border to prevent illegal activities related to customs.
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he Customs and Excise Agency and the Singapore Police Coast Guard (SPCG) have joined forces for coordinated patrols at the border to prevent illegal activities related to customs, as well as trade in other illegal goods between Indonesian and Singaporean waters.
In order to establish procedures that would be understood and implemented by both parties, Customs and Excise Director General Askolani and SPCG Commander SAC Cheang Keng Keong held a signing meeting for the Joint Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on Coordinated Border Patrols in Singapore on June 9.
The Head of the Subdirectorate of Public Relations and Customs Counseling, Hatta Wardhana, said the cooperative effort had been established with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Feb. 3, 2020. He said the goal of the SOP was to ensure that both parties were able to implement one form of the cooperation agreed upon in the MoU, specifically coordinated patrols.
"We hope that the cooperation between [Indonesian] customs and the SPCG will continue to be well established, especially in the implementation of the coordinated patrol. Hopefully, these two agencies can maximize all forms of cooperation to prevent and eradicate smuggling, transnational organized crime related to customs issues and trade in other illegal goods," he said.
Hatta said the Customs and Excise Agency would coordinate with the SPCG and the financial attaché at the Indonesian Embassy in Singapore regarding the plans and mechanisms for implementing coordinated patrols and rendezvous at sea in 2022.
Moreover, both parties also plan to build capacity and share knowledge about marine patrols in order to increase the capabilities of the officers for the good of Indonesia and Singapore.
