Hong Kong police hire more than 1,000 retired police to crack down on protests, after the 21st week of protests against Hong Kong's `` criminal India bill. ''

According to the newspaper, Hong Kong police, which have suffered a shortage of labor since protests against repatriation law in early June, began hiring retirement police in August, and will begin hiring more than 1,000 people next month.

One police source said, "They could be used for closed circuit TV image analysis to verify the demonstrator's identity, as well as directly to the protest site." .

The Hong Kong police plan to hire about half of the 2,000 police officers who recently retired or retired by March.

We will post a job announcement early next month and start the recruitment review at the end of next month and finish the recruitment process by the end of March next year.

They are hired for two years and six months and work as temporary police officers who work 48 hours a week.

With prolonged protests against repatriation law, Hong Kong police, with a total population of more than 30,000, have suffered a serious shortage of personnel.

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