Policemen in Liuzhou in southwest China's Guangxi Province have received brand new
equipment.
A policeman flashes his
new knife in front of the camera in Liuzhou, Guangxi, on Sunday,
February 4, 2007.
In line with the requirements of the Ministry of Public
Security, the new equipment includes all-purpose knives, telescopic
batons, police flashlights, self-defense sprayers, jugs and first
aid kits.
A complete set of the new equipment is worth about 20,000 yuan
(US $ 2,500).
The apparatus are classified as either optional or compulsory,
according to the needs of the policemen who will be using them.
A policeman told a journalist with Southland Today, a
Guangxi-based newspaper, that the new equipment is very practical
and can improve the effectiveness of their work.
A complete set of the
new equipment.
(CRI February 7, 2007)
