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 Tao Siju, a former Minister for Public Security (MPS), from 1990 to 1997, died in Beijing on Monday. He was 81.


He was also the top-ranking Political Commissar of the People's Armed Police Force (PAPF) from 1991 to 1997.

Senior leaders including President Xi Jinping and former President Hu Jintao sent wreaths to Tao Siju’s memorial on April 22, 2016. Friday. An official statement on the Ministry of Public Security’s website said Tao Siju had been an “excellent” member of the party and praised him for remaining consistent with its central leadership.Tao Siju started working in the MPS in 1951. In 1978, he became secretary to Luo Ruiqing, one of the generals who helped found the People’s Republic of China. He was made minister of public security one year after Beijing’s crackdown on pro-democracy protests in 1989.
 






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