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Senior security official meets HK police chief

Xinhua, May 19, 2015 Adjust font size:

Senior Chinese security official Meng Jianzhu highlighted long-term stability in the Chinese mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) as he met with Hong Kong's new Police Commissioner Stephen Lo on Tuesday.

Meng, head of the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, urged mainland and Hong Kong police to enhance exchanges and cooperation, and to jointly prevent cross-border crimes.

Lo, who took office earlier this month, pledged to deepen collaboration between the police forces, while vowing to safeguard Hong Kong's rule of law and social stability.

China's State Council appointed Lo as Hong Kong police chief on May 4.

The decision was made in accordance with the Basic Law of the HKSAR and nomination by Leung Chun Ying, the HKSAR's chief executive, the State Council said in a statement. Endi