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Taiwan Assists With Police Equipment, Expertise
posted (November 16, 2017)
And while the PM's in Texas, Foreign and Home Affairs Minister Wilfred Elrington is in Taiwan. He's there to get funding and technical assistance for the Police.

It comes out of an agreement on Police Cooperation. Elrington has been in meetings with the National Police Agency and toured the Taiwan Crime Investigation Bureau along with the K-9 Unit of the National Police Agency. Taiwan has agreed to make a grant donation of one million Belize dollars' worth of equipment for the Belize Police Department, including body cameras, motorcycles, handcuffs, drones, and breathalyzers.

But he's also doing some Foreign Affairs work. Elrington and CEO Pat Andrews visited Taiwanese President Dr. Tsai Ing-wen and Foreign Minister, Dr. David Lee.

A government press release says Elrington also got a briefing from the Mainland Affairs Council - which is on high alert at this time due to growing tensions with mainland China.

Elrington returns on Sunday.

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