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Project narrative
On December 13, 2016, the two Chinese police attaches left Fiji after a six-month tour of duty. The two officers specialized in operational command centre concepts and traffic. They provided assistance and training to police officers in Fiji. This was the fourth batch of police officers from China to visit Fiji. Record ID#64964: first attachment of officers in 2011 Record ID#49130: third attachment of officers in 2015 Record ID#90311: fourth attachment of officers in 2016 Record ID#90312: fifth attachment of officers in 2017 Record ID#90310: sixth attachment of officers in 2018 On April 18, 2011, China Ministry of Public Security signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Fiji's Ministry of Defence, National Security and Policing about police cooperation on anti-terrorism and anti-crime. According to the MoU, the two sides will provide training of police personnel and meeting of working groups, and will also have technical cooperation in police science and the technology of police equipment. The MoU has an effective period of 5 years. Trainings are conducted by China's the Ministry of Public Security, and by 2015 around 60 Fijian officers had participated in training exchanges. In 2017, the MoU was extended for a further five years.
Staff comments
1. Information on the second group could not be found, and it is not clear which year it occurred in. 1. It is not clear when they arrived, but a tour of exactly six months was estimated.