1.   In January two senior police officials committed suicide after coming under investigation.

2.   His dismissal angered senior police chiefs who saw it as yet another concession from Gaviria to drug cartel chiefs, who had surrendered in return for reduced prison sentences.

3.   Eleven other senior police officials were removed at the same time.

4.   He was chosen by a judging panel, which included senior police and fire officers, because of his professional approach and thorough knowledge of the job.

5.   As a senior police source at Scotland Yard remarked Monday, police were frustrated that Diana resisted their efforts to provide her with government bodyguards.

6.   Asked whether the police were confident that Pearl was still alive, a senior police official declined to give a direct answer.

7.   A group of Protestant unionist politicians who met over the weekend with senior police officials said they were told that Catholics were informing on the IRA in unusual numbers.

8.   A senior police official said, however, that it was unlikely anyone would be fired.

9.   A senior police official denied the reports.

10.   A senior police official in Fujian was reportedly arrested for helping Lan and his wife flee.