Bureau sorry for 'absurd' job advert

Police in Fujian province have been forced to apologize following outrage over a job advertisement for a food washer that required applicants to have a bachelor's degree and be "good looking".

The public security bureau in Xiang'an district of Xiamen issued the controversial recruitment ad on its website last Wednesday.

In it, the bureau said it wanted a "good looking" female, taller than 1.58 m, with a degree in Chinese or journalism and at least two years' experience as a secretary. The notice added the successful candidate would "work as a washer and press officer for the station for no less than three years".