Mr Zhou was party secretary at the ministry of public security from 2002-07, before becoming the Politburo's man in charge of domestic security secret police and all.

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In addition, Vimpel recently agreed to form GTel Mobile, a joint venture with the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam and the U.S.-based Millennium Global Solutions Group.

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Meanwhile, the main obstacle to abolishing RTL, the Ministry of Public Security, which holds the unchecked power to detain individuals in these facilities, has seen its political clout diminished under the new leadership arrangement.

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These included: the Ministry of Culture, the State Economic and Trade Commission, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Industry and IT, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, the General Administration of Customs and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce.

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Mexican Attorney General spokeswoman Rocio Torres denied her country's involvement with the drone Friday, but later in the day, another Mexican official said the drone was being operated by the Ministry of Public Security and was following a target at the time of the mechanical malfunction.

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The Chinese Ministry of Public Security (MPS) is continuing investigations which saw four people detained for suspected bribery in November.

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Li Zhuqun, a senior international co-operation official at China's Ministry of Public Security said the gang had now been broken up, but that "efforts to ensure the safety of the Mekong River will continue".

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