Elite officers, machine guns disguised as briefcases and a 45-strong motorcade: inside Zhang Dejiang’s Hong Kong security detail
A police source has told the Post about the tactics and gear used by elite officers to protect the visiting state leader during his trip to Hong Kong
The tactics and gear used by the mysterious VIP Protection Unit and the Hong Kong police during the visit of state leader Zhang Dejiang have been revealed to the Post by a police source.
With the security level of the Beijing’s third highest-ranking official raised to the maximum, the police had sent up to an unprecedented 8,000 officers to protect him during his trip to Hong Kong.
Elite officers from the VIP Protection Unit, formerly known as G4, one of the prime teams of the force, escorted the 69-year-old leader around the clock, alongside his own bodyguards from the Central Security Bureau.
A long motorcade had been seen in the past three days each time Zhang was out on business. It is understood the motorcade consisted of up to 45 police vehicles with at least six from the protection unit.
“Our motocycles led the way. [Zhang] seated in a luxurious bulletproof car, surrounded by another five protection unit vehicles protecting him from all directions,” the police source said.
