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Article: China says 100,000 armed police patrol country on Spring Festival eve
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- January 26, 2009
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China says 100,000 armed police patrol country on Spring Festival
eve
BEIJING, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese People's Armed Police
Corps (PAPC) had 100,000 officers guarding public places or on
patrol nationwide on Lunar New Year's Eve, PAPC sources said.
On Sunday, 5,300 armed police were stationed at 79 rail stations,
18 bus terminals and five airports, while more than 8,800 armed
police were on the street in 147 mid-sized and large cities.
State Councilor Meng Jianzhu, who is also minister of public
security and first political commissar of the PAPC, visited some
PAPC posts and civilian police offices to offer holiday greetings.
The minister was ...