Senior Superintendent Man Chi-hung in charge of the Technology Crime Division (TCD) of the Commercial Crime Bureau, was re-elected Chairman of the Interpol Asia South Pacific Working Party on IT Crime for two years at the working party's 9th annual meeting held in Bali, Indonesia, between November 20 and 22, last year.

Attending the meeting with Mr Man was Chief Inspector Paul Jackson, also from the TCD.

Mr Man, who chaired the annual meeting, is pleased with his re-election. He commented: "I'm honoured to accept such a prestigious position. My re-election underlines the positive stance adopted by the Force in countering all aspects of technology-related crime. The Force has spent many years developing a strong enforcement capability to support the Digital 21 vision of the Hong Kong Government. Ensuring the cyber security of the SAR requires the development of close ties with overseas law enforcement agencies for making a rapid response to any threats. The meetings of the working party are designed specifically to foster such close ties and the recent conference was no exception."

Eleven agencies were represented at the annual meeting, where discussions focused on intelligence sharing, computer forensics techniques, training projects and case study sharing. As part of this, Mr Jackson gave a presentation on the vision of the TCD in modernising the Computer Forensics Laboratory and workflow - a project scheduled for completion in the 2008/09 financial year.

One of the topics that had generated most interest among the participants was professional training. For this, the Force received a great deal of praise for the way in which it helped develop the existing two regional "train-the-trainer" programmes on IT Crime Investigation and Computer Forensics. The Force has provided not only training materials for these workshops, but also a trainer to lead each of the six programmes to date.

The annual meeting was held in the beautiful surroundings of Bali Island, which also provided a perfect environment for forging solid working relationships among the participants. The careful planning of the Indonesian hosts also enabled the participants to experience the culture and history of Bali, in addition to sharing knowledge in the field of high tech crime investigation.

The conference concluded with the Korean delegation offering to host the 10th annual meeting in Seoul.

Senior Superintendent Man Chi-hung (centre) sees his re-election as recognition of the Force's unwavering stance against technology-related crime