Fighting computer hackers, virus writers and other “cyber criminals” will be a key theme of a U.S.-sponsored meeting of Asia-Pacific government officials in Thailand next week, organizers said on Friday. Officials of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum will discuss how to develop cybercrime law enforcement units that work closely internationally and a legal framework for prosecuting cyber criminals, the APEC Secretariat in Singapore said. The five-day meeting from on Monday in Bangkok is organized by the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section of the United States Department of Justice and hosted by Thailand’s National Electronics and Computer Technology Center. APEC’s members are Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, the United States and Vietnam. Full Story