SOCIAL security leaders in Southeast Asia are urged to formulate a regional framework that would integrate systems, allowing people to move from one country to another with their social security benefits intact.

Speaking at the Philippine-hosted 41st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Social Security Association (ASSA) conference, board and secretariat meetings on Nov. 25, 2024, Malaysia's social security agency Perkeso Deputy CEO Edmund Cheong Peck Huang said Asean should 'lead the world in social protection that transcends borders.'