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Dominic Giannini

Former Kiribati leader rejects Chinese police on island

Former president Anote Tong says Chinese police should not help with law enforcement on Kiribati. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Pacific nations can't afford to snub Chinese money as they struggle with the impacts of climate change but foreign police being shipped in should be a red line, a former Kiribati president says. 

Uniformed Chinese officers in Kiribati have been aiding community policing, drawing a rebuke from the United States, which cautioned Pacific nations against using Chinese security forces.

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