MALAYSIAN POLICE SEEKING U.S. SPEAKER FOR TIP

UNCLAS KUALA LUMPUR 000052 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS EAP/MTS AND G/TIP E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PGOV PREL PINS SMIG SOCI MY SUBJECT: MALAYSIAN POLICE SEEKING U.S. SPEAKER FOR TIP TRAINING REF: KUALA LUMPUR 01568 (GOM UPDATES ON TIP LAW REQUESTS TRAINING) ¶1. (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ¶2. (SBU) The Malaysian Royal Police (RMP) will hold trafficking in persons (TIP) training for their officers as they continue to develop their capacity to enforce their new anti-trafficking in persons law. The RMP has not yet set the date for the training. As part of their program, they would like to invite a U.S. expert speaker. The RMP's D-7 office, with responsibility for anti-trafficking, inquired about the costs to bring a subject matter expert from the United States. Within D-7, Police Senior Assistant Commissioner Rodwan leads the RMP's efforts to address TIP and effectively enforce the new TIP law. He understands the difficulty facing the RMP as it seeks to build its TIP fighting capabilities. D-7 is interested in a person who can speak on the implementation of a TIP law and its effectiveness, or a similar basic topic. ¶3. (SBU) Post strongly supports providing technical assistance and subject matter experts to the RMP. We have an opportunity to influence the RMP's approach to combating TIP and convey best practices at a key juncture. The RMP's query follows several ICITAP sponsored events that included RMP participation (reftel). The identification of a U.S. TIP speaker would be in addition to future ICITAP-sponsored seminars. ¶4. (U) Action Request: Post requests the Department identify several expert U.S. speakers who might be available to join in a one-week training event with the RMP on aspects of TIP law enforcement. Post would share the names and resumes or background information on the speakers with the RMP. It appears that the RMP may be willing to pay for the speaker's participation, so this request does not require allocation of funding. KEITH