TWO mainland Interpol officers have arrived in Hongkong to take up a one-year term as China's first police liaison officers in the territory.
Mr Wang Gang previously worked in the State Interpol office in Beijing, and his assistant, Mr Wu Shaoming, is from Guangdong Interpol.
They are both experienced policemen and will be based at the New China News Agency headquarters in Happy Valley.
Mr Wang was the deputy director (Interpol), of the National Chinese Bureau in Beijing, which is part of the Public Security Ministry.
Mr Wu was the Interpol liaison officer working with the bureau's Guangdong branch.
A China News Service report said yesterday that Mr Wang and Mr Wu would be working closely with their counterparts in Hongkong to ensure the maintenance of law and order in the territory in the run-up to the 1997 handover of sovereignty.
