A policemen flashes his new knife in front of the camera in Liuzhou, Guangxi, on Sunday, February 4, 2007. [Photo: gxnews.com.cn]

Policemen in Liuzhou in southwest China's Guangxi Province have received brand new equipment.

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.

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