Police keep social order and safety

GYEGU, Qinghai - More than 100 detainees in the detention center of earthquake-hit Yushu prefecture have been safely transferred, with none killed in the earthquake or escaping during the transfer, a local armed police officer said on Monday.

"The only detention center in Yushu was badly damaged in the quake. Armed police responded quickly and protected the safety of all the detainees," Fan Yulong, chief of the armed police force in Yushu prefecture, told China Daily.

Fan assured the continuation of social stability in the quake-hit area, adding that local people in Yushu are very kind and honest and have been cooperating very well with rescue forces.