Attempts to reach individual officers for comment were not successful.

The principles do not address the question of direct payments to individual officers.

"We had no reliable information on individual officers or police units," he said.

So, there is no specific gun issued to an individual officer as his own personal weapon.

"The evidence reveals no real controls on the individual officers," she added.

"My view was, the more individual Chinese officers understood that with their own eyes, the better."

The authorities said this month that no individual officers would face criminal charges.

Any reimbursement from the owner must be paid to the department, not individual officers.

His Government decided to leave to the justice system the question of whether individual military officers would be charged and tried.

It would also restore a greater degree of control to individual officers in dealing with cases.