- Haji appeared before the National Assembly committee on Foreign Relations and Intelligence on Tuesday.
- The committee is expected to table its reports when MPs resume sittings next week after a long recess.
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Noordin Haji, the nominee for the National Intelligence Service Director General, has promised to ensure regional partnerships to combat transnational crimes.
Haji said forging alliances with agencies that share NIS's values and objectives can significantly enhance the safety and security of the region.
At a global scale, Haji said, partnerships will provide NIS with a broader reach and access to best practices.
"Therefore, our focus will be on cultivating mutually beneficial collaborations that will yield positive outcomes for the NIS,'' he said.
Haji said that NIS should offer its extensive technical expertise to support the collective regional efforts in combating transnational organised crime and countering terrorism.
"Such partnerships will enable us to access global resources, knowledge, and expertise, resulting in a clear advantage for our country,'' he said.
According to documents he tabled before the National Assembly's Foreign Relations and Intelligence Committee, Haji vowed to configure the service into a “fit for purpose” organisation.
"Creating a fit-for-purpose organisation also involves regional and global partnerships as force multipliers,'' he told the committee.
If the partnerships and networks are properly cultivated and deployed, Haji said, that can enhance the ability of the service to discharge its mandate.
"NIS must also achieve self-sufficiency and reduce dependence on foreign technology,'' he said.
He told MPs that, under his leadership, NIS will continue with its internal multi-agency arrangement that he said has worked so well to in countering the terror threat and containing the Covid- 19 pandemic.
"NIS must reimagine its role in this dynamic environment and reshape itself to adapt to the new realities it operates within,'' he said.
Haji told MPs that it would be critical for NIS to reconfigure its intelligence-gathering processes and capabilities including seeking ways to reorient the institutional frameworks is a key priority.
The committee is expected to table its reports when MPs resume sittings next week after a long recess.