As part of Malaysia’s commitment to strengthening the efforts against terrorism financing, Southeast Asia Regional Centre for Counter-Terrorism (SEARCCT) under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs successfully organisedthe Counter Terrorism Financing Investigation & Cryptocurrency Course from 11 to 15 May 2026 at Hyatt Regency Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. The programme brought together 30 participants from…
The Southeast Asia Regional Centre for Counter-Terrorism (SEARCCT), in collaboration with Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), hosted a regional workshop on “Youth Participation in and Exposure to Nihilistic Violent Extremism Conducive to Terrorism (NVE)” from June 24–25, 2026. Held at the Grand Mercure Bukit Bintang in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, this timely event […]
NEW YORK – The Southeast Asia Regional Centre for Counter-Terrorism (SEARCCT) co-organised a side event entitled “Localized and Whole-of-Society Approaches in Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (PCVE): Strengthening Youth Resilience, Community Partnerships, and Reintegration – Lessons from Malaysia and Iraq,” together with the Republic of Iraq, the International Organization for Migration…
Pusat Serantau Asia Tenggara Bagi Mencegah Keganasan (SEARCCT), Kementerian Luar Negeri Malaysia, telah menganjurkan Simposium SEARCCT Peringkat Kebangsaan yang pertama bertemakan “Membina Ketahanan Digital Belia” pada 14 Mei 2026 di Sabah International Convention Centre (SICC), Kota Kinabalu. Program ini telah dianjurkan dengan kerjasama Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) dan Universiti Teknologi…
On 28 April 2026, the Southeast Asia Regional Centre for Counter-Terrorism (SEARCCT) organised a University Lecture Series (ULS) in collaboration with Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS). Puan Siti Hikmah Musthar, Research Officer from the Research and Publications Division at SEARCCT, delivered a lecture titled “Misinformation, Disinformation,…
Pada 14 hingga 16 April 2026, Bahagian Banduan/Tahanan Radikal dan Berisiko Tinggi, Ibu Pejabat Penjara Malaysia (IPPM) dengan kerjasama SEARCCT dan Bahagian Counter Terrorism (E8), Polis Diraja Malaysia telah menganjurkan Program Pemulihan Khas. Program ini melibatkan prospek di bawah Akta Kesalahan Keselamatan (Langkah-Langkah Khas) 2012 (SOSMA) di Pusat Koreksional Kamunting, Penjara Tapah dan…
Kuala Lumpur, 12th March 2026 – The Southeast Asia Regional Centre for Counter-Terrorism (SEARCCT) hosted the ‘Women in Terrorism’ Forum (WiTChat) in conjunction with International Women’s Day. Guided by the IWD’s global theme “Give to Gain,” this exclusive closed-door forum provides a professional platform to discuss the evolving roles of women in Counter-Terrorism (CT) and Preventing […]
The Terrorism 101 Workshop, jointly organised by the Southeast Asia Regional Centre for Counter-Terrorism (SEARCCT) and the Malaysia Prison Department, was successfully conducted on 11-13 February 2026, in Taiping, Perak. The programme gathered a total of 40 enforcement officers. The participants comprised of 35 officers from various divisions of the Prison Department and 5 officers […]
11-13 February 2026, Port Dickson – The Southeast Asia Regional Centre for Counter-Terrorism (SEARCCT), Ministry of Foreign Affairs Malaysia, successfully conducted the CERDAS 3.0 Programme, a three-day capacity-building initiative focusing on the implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on governance, institutional decision-making and preventive communication in the contemporary information…
On 5 February 2026, Southeast Asia Regional Centre for Counter-Terrorism (SEARCCT) hosted a roundtable discussion at JW Marriott Hotel Kuala Lumpur to present and deliberate key findings from its collaborative research with the Hedayah Centre, United Arab Emirates (UAE), titled “Understanding and Preventing Online Extremism and Violent Extremism in Southeast Asia.” The first session was […]
