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Solomon Islands police deny China shipped guns, following Al Jazeera report

Royal Solomon Islands Police Force Commissioner Mostyn Mangau says replica firearms incapable of firing live rounds.

Al Jazeera · Sep 8, 2023

China to gift water cannon trucks, vehicles to Solomon Islands police days after Australian donation

At a special ceremony in Honiara, the Chinese ambassador will give two water cannon trucks and a number of vehicles to the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force as competition between Australia and China intensifies.

ABC News · Nov 3, 2022

Australian Federal Police gives Solomon Islands police semi-automatic rifles, vehicles

Australia donates rifles and police vehicles to the Royal Solomon Islands Police Forces ahead of the Pacific Games, but the country's opposition leader criticised the donation, saying Australia did it to stop China's influence.

ABC News · Nov 2, 2022

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Solomon Island police officers head to China for training

A group of 32 police officers from the South Pacific nation of Solomon Islands has flown to China to train in policing techniques and improve their understanding of Chinese culture, the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force said in a statement.

Reuters · Oct 12, 2022

First Solomon Islands police head to China for training amid deepening security ties

Thirty-four officers travel to China as part of effort to improve cooperation between the two forces

The Guardian - AU · Oct 12, 2022

Australia rejects claim its security forces in Solomon Islands were told not to protect Chinese-built buildings

Former PM alleged Australian personnel twice failed to prevent the burning of Honiara’s Chinatown

The Guardian - AU · Apr 21, 2022

Solomon Islands MP defends military pact with China by comparing it to secretive Pine Gap facility in NT

Former Solomon Islands prime minister Danny Philip staunchly defends his country's secret pact with Beijing, saying the government does not need to seek public approval, because of "national security".

ABC News · Apr 21, 2022

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Australian general says Chinese military presence in Solomon Islands would force ADF rethink

One of the Australian Defence Force's most senior officers has warned if China manages to station warships in Solomon Islands it would force a change to Defence operations. It comes as the Defence Minister says the government will have "more to say" about a potential new port in Darwin.

ABC News · Mar 31, 2022

Secret shipment of replica guns to Solomon Islands police by China triggers concern

Police had been criticised after reports that a ‘shipment of arms’ arrived in the country on a logging vessel from an unknown source

The Guardian - AU · Mar 25, 2022

Solomon Islands police show off fake guns given to them by Chinese government after 'secret' delivery

The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force denies that replica rifles from China were smuggled into the country, with the nation's opposition demanding to know why the "fake guns" were unloaded "secretly" at a private wharf instead of at a public facility.

ABC News · Mar 23, 2022

‘A blatant lie’: China and Taiwan fight for credit over rescue of sailors lost at sea for 29 days

Both governments are claiming responsibility for rescue of nine Papua New Guinean nationals last month

The Guardian - AU · Mar 22, 2022

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