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Posts published in “Day: November 1, 2017

China appoints new Communist Party chief to oversee police

By Viola Zhou in South China Morning Post, Nov 1, 2017 China revealed its new national police Communist Party boss on Wednesday, amid reshuffles at the top of the country’s domestic security apparatus after President Xi Jinping started his second term in office. Zhao Kezhi, 63 who has worked closely with two of Xi’s trusted aides, has became the party secretary at the Ministry of Public Security, according to a ministry statement. Zhao’s predecessor Guo…

Public security minister Guo Shengkun to step up as China’s top law enforcer

by Sarah Zheng in South China Morning Post, Nov 1, 2017 Beijing’s public security minister will take over as the country’s top security chief following a twice-a-decade leadership reshuffle of the ruling Communist Party. Guo Shengkun, also a new member of the 25-member Politburo, will succeed Meng Jianzhu as party secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Central Committee, state news agency Xinhua reported. Guo for the first time presided over a…

Buses firebombed, explosions in Feni as Khaleda’s motorcade passes

By Sumon Mahmud, from the BNP motorcade in bdnews24.com, Oct 31, 2017 at 21.53hrs Two buses have been firebombed and explosives detonated in Feni as the BNP motorcade carrying Chairperson Khaleda Zia passed through the area on its way back to Dhaka from the Rohingya refugee camps. The incident occurred around 4:30pm on Tuesday as the motorcade drove past Feni’s Mahipal area. Violence erupted in the area, causing disruptions. On Saturday, when the BNP motorcade…

RAB claims foiling terror plot involving plane, arrests pilot, three others

by Senior Correspondent in bdnews24.com, Nov 1, 2017 The Rapid Action Battalion or RAB has arrested a Biman Bangladesh Airlines pilot, who it says was planning a terror attack involving aircraft. Sabbir Amam, a first officer with the flag carrier, was arrested with three others on Tuesday at Dhaka’s Mirpur. The elite police unit says Amam admitted to planning an attack on top government officials’ residences with a plane or hi-jacking an aircraft and taking…