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Zambia's new Chinese police officers removed after outcry

Zambian Police Force provoked fury when it recruited eight Chinese nationals as cops. [Photo: Courtesy]

Zambia's police force has scrapped plans to employ eight Chinese nationals barely 24 hours after it unveiled the scheme, following a public outcry.

The new reservists were commissioned in the capital, Lusaka, on Monday.

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