Yang Berhormat Pengiran Dato Seri Setia Shamhary bin Pengiran Dato Paduka Haji Mustapha, Minister of Transport and Infocommunications attended the 4th ASEAN Digital Ministers’ Meeting (ADGMIN) and associated ASEAN Dialogue and Development Partners meetings with China, India, Japan, South Korea, United States, and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) on February 1-2, held in the Republic of Singapore.

Themed “Building an Inclusive and Trusted Digital Ecosystem”, the meeting was chaired by Her Excellency Josephine Teo, Minister for Communications and Information, Republic of Singapore.

The meeting’s discussion centred on Artificial Intelligence (AI) governance, strategies to combat scams and the imperative to enhance cybersecurity measures.

The meeting endorsed the ASEAN Digital Senior Official Meetings (ADGSOM) - ASEAN Telecommunications Regulators’ Council (ATRC) 2024 workplan, among which two projects are being led by Brunei Darussalam – ‘Govstack initiative ASEAN’ and ‘Established ASEAN Internet Exchange Network’.

Recognising the transnational nature of cyber threats and online scams, Brunei Darussalam welcomes the establishment of an ‘ASEAN Working Group on Anti-Online Scam’ to allow ASEAN Member States to collectively combat the issue through information sharing and coordinated enforcement.