Police liaisons help in criminal cases abroad

The 63 liaison officers from Chinese police forces sent to the nation's embassies and consulates in 31 countries have played a key role in handling an increasing number of cases abroad involving Chinese people, according to the Ministry of Public Security.

The officers have worked with local police, assisting in 5,000 transnational cases and helping repatriate 1,349 fugitives over the past five years. They have significantly boosted international law enforcement cooperation in fighting crime and hunting fugitives. More importantly, their presence has helped better protect the interests of Chinese people who live or travel abroad, the ministry said.

"Little do people know that many Chinese fugitives listed on Interpol's red notices turned themselves in because of the work of police liaison officers," said Yu Yang, an officer with the ministry's department of police liaison officers. Yu spoke with China Daily this week on the sidelines of the ongoing 86th Interpol General Assembly in Beijing.