The main troop of China's seventh peacekeeping riot squad for the United Nations mission in Haiti left Beijing on a chartered flight operated by Air China on Wednesday.
The 95 members would join a 30-member advance group, which has been in Haiti since Aug. 4, bringing the squad up to its full force of 125, including five female police officers, said an official with the Ministry of Public Security.
The squad, mostly border-control police in the country's northwest Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, will replace the sixth peacekeeping riot squad, which has been in Haiti since December.
Members of China's seventh riot squad for the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission wave for good-bye at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China, Aug. 13, 2008. With an average age of 30, the 125 riot police were expected to serve eight months in Haiti, the official said. They had passed strict exams in English, shooting, driving, stamina and world affairs.
The main troop of the sixth peacekeeping riot squad in Haiti is scheduled to return China on Aug. 15 on the return flight.
Since January 2000 China has sent 750 police on UN peacekeeping missions to East Timor, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Liberia, Afghanistan, Haiti and Sudan.
A total of 214 Chinese peacekeeping police were carrying out tasks in East Timor, Liberia, Sudan, Kosovo and Haiti, the official said.
Source:Xinhua
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