Malaysia only recognises sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council and not by any individual country.
That was the message conveyed by Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail to US Treasury Department undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence Brian Nelson and his delegation on Thursday (May 9) .
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That was the message conveyed by Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail to US Treasury Department undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence Brian Nelson and his delegation on Thursday (May 9) .
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00:00Sir, I understand you had a meeting, you had a meeting this morning with the U.S. Commission on Sanctions.
00:06What is Malaysia's stance? Are these concerns given by the U.S.? What are they and will Malaysia give its cooperation?
00:14Yes, thank you very much.
00:17We had a very good and a very cordial and productive engagement and discussion with Brian Nelson and the rest of the members of the delegations.
00:31Of course, throughout the one-hour discussion, we touched on several issues, several topics, but what I would like to highlight here is,
00:42number one, I managed to convey nicely to the U.S. delegates that when it comes to the issue on sanctions,
00:53our position is that we only recognize a sanction imposed by the U.N. Security Council.
01:05We don't recognize any sanction imposed by individual countries. That's point number one.
01:16Point number two is that they have highlighted very specific examples based on the information that they would like Malaysia to look into it.
01:33I responded by saying that some of the issues that they have highlighted, which involve a certain organization, for example,
01:50which they suspect that they have some connections with Palestine and all that.
01:58I just stated the fact that the organization involved is already subject to ongoing investigations.
02:06We have frozen assets and we have charged them in court according to our law and regulations.
02:13So any action that goes against Malaysian law, based on what we respect, the rule of law,
02:23so any action that goes against Malaysian law, already action has been taken, ongoing.
02:30So those are very specific. Of course, there are many other specific issues.
02:34That was the first time I heard about it.
02:37So what is more important is that the discussion went through very well.
02:45They respected our position and they acknowledged that when it comes to terrorism and financing terrorism,
02:53we have a solid position in terms of regional cooperation.
03:01Within ASEAN, for example, we need to take chairmanship of ASEAN next year.
03:07One of the ten agendas that we are looking forward to discuss throughout 2025,
03:16the topic of illicit funding and money laundering has also been addressed.
03:24So the U.S. delegation has taken note on that.
03:31They know precisely what are the steps taken by Malaysian government
03:37when it comes to the issue of terrorism, extremism and all those.
03:43What is the U.S. response to Malaysia's decision?
03:49They appreciate that when it comes to the rule of law,
03:54we have a solid rule of law.
03:58Not only in terms of name, but we strengthen it.
04:03I also took the opportunity to say that the five-year strategic plan
04:11that was just prepared by the Ministry of Home Affairs
04:14to deal with matters related to extremism and terrorism has also been prepared.
04:21So what is their reaction?
04:25Of course, they took note of that.
04:29And I said that we are ready to meet them openly
04:36and they conveyed what they wanted to convey
04:42which is very important to them.
04:46And we gave them our perspective in terms of political commitment,
04:50law and regulation, enforcement and cooperation.
04:55They took note of all those things
05:00and they wanted this process of engagement not to be one-off,
05:07but to be a continuous process.
05:10And of course, we are open, not only to the U.S.
05:14We are neutral in our feelings
05:17and we will engage with all the relevant parties.