of fatf, malaysia holds itself to the highest levels of integrity in adhering to international aml / cft / cpf standards. as we all know, crimes today transcend borders, and in response to this, malaysia has also forged and maintained strong relationships with our foreign counterparts, particularly where intelligence - sharing and investigations are concerned. additionally, our aml / cft / cpf regime is anchored by a robust surveillance system, which in turn helps ensure the effectiveness and timeliness of enforcement actions by the relevant law enforcement agencies. 1 / 4 bis - central bankers'speeches on this note, in 2023, bank negara malaysia ( bnm ) had undertaken a total of 291 supervisory and enforcement actions on financial institutions, and forfeited assets from illegal activities amounting to approximately rm 11 million. the financial intelligence unit of bnm had also shared financial intelligence with domestic law enforcement agencies and more than 50 foreign fius, with 71 % of these disclosures related to highrisk crimes. we do not, and cannot, combat financial crimes alone. indeed, our regulatory and enforcement counterparts have played an equally critical role in this respect. the malaysian anti - corruption commission, or macc, for example, has made important and significant progress in graft - busting, including the opening of a total of 776 investigation papers, resulting in 869 arrests and a total of 326 charges brought to court between january and august 2023. our counterpart, the commercial crime investigation department of the royal malaysia police has also charged a total of 4, 880 cases in court between january and april 2024. these efforts are reflective of malaysia's keen determination to combat financial crimes and preserve the integrity of our financial system. while we have made commendable progress, we should not be complacent. ml / tf / pf risks continue to evolve, and if we let our guard down, it will pose serious threats to our financial system, our economy, our society, and our country. on that note, i would like to elaborate on five strategic priorities in our effort to further strengthen our national aml / cft / cpf regime : first of these is the new national coordination committee to counter money laundering roadmap that is currently being developed as we refresh our national risk assessment. this new roadmap, like the existing one, will outline key initiatives in the areas of investigation, enforcement, coordination, and capacity building. improvements and refinements will

marzunisham omar : opening remarks - malaysia assessed country training opening remarks by mr marzunisham omar, deputy governor of the central bank of malaysia ( bank negara malaysia ), at the malaysia assessed country training, kuala lumpur, 15 may 2024. * * * it is my honour to be able to address all of you this morning. i am heartened to see many representatives from government and law enforcement agencies here, all of whom share in our commitment and responsibility in implementing measures to further strengthen anti - money laundering, as well as countering the financing of terrorism and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. i would like to express my gratitude to our colleagues from the fatf - apg secretariat, whose sharing of insights and perspectives on the end - to - end mutual evaluation processes will certainly be valuable to all of us here today. i'll begin this remark with a brief overview on where we are with regards to the mutual evaluation, or me, process. as you are aware, malaysia is among the first set of countries that will undergo the fatf's fifth round of the me. this will first begin with the submission of the technical compliance on selected fatf recommendations in june 2024, then followed by the submission of the effectiveness of aml / cft / cpf in september 2024, before finally the on - site visit in february 2025. the me report is scheduled to be tabled during the fatf plenary in october 2025. in gearing up preparations for the coming me milestones, we have sought to engage various key stakeholders at all levels involved. in recent months, we have undertaken a series of both high - level engagements and operations - focused discussions with a multitude of regulatory, supervisory and law enforcement agencies. these crossagency interactions have resulted in the implementation of more than 100 key recommended actions ( kras ) to strengthen our aml / cft / cpf regime. in this regard, i would like to express my sincere gratitude to all of you for the inputs shared and your teams'unwavering support and commitment to implementing these kras. additionally, in our recent mock run of the me, held between 4 to 6 march 2024, our teams had the opportunity to familiarise ourselves with the onsite interview process, where i trust we gained insights on the expectation of assessors and identified remaining areas for further improvement in our aml / cft / cpf measures. ladies and gentlemen, as a member