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Peace keeping police officers wave to well-wishers while boarding the plane for Haiti at the Beijing International Airport, April 12, 2007. The fifth group of 95 police officers departed from Beiing on Thursday to Haiti for a peace keeping mission. [Xinhua Photo]
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Ninety-five Chinese riot police left Beijing for Haiti on Thursday, China's fifth team of peacekeepers to join the United Nations peacekeeping mission there.
A 30-member contingent of the team had already arrived in Haition April 4, according to the Ministry of Public Security.
The team is comprised of border police officers from south China's Guangdong Province, including seven women.
The members' average age is 29.5. They are expected to be stationed in Haiti for eight months, the ministry said.
The team's main tasks include supporting the work of local police, helping to handle mass incidents and training local riot police, said Hu Yunwang, political commissar of the team.
China's fourth riot police team in Haiti is scheduled to return home on April 14.
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