China's rescue team finds one Chinese body in Haiti

Chinese rescuers observe a moment of silence to pay last respects to a dead Chinese colleague in quake-hit Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, on Jan. 16, 2010. Chinese rescue team found one dead Chinese body from the rubbles Saturday.(Xinhua/Yuan Man)

Chinese peace-keeping policemen shoulder a dead Chinese colleague body found in the rubbles in quake-hit Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, on Jan. 16, 2010. Chinese rescue team found one dead Chinese body from the rubbles Saturday.(Xinhua/Yuan Man)

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese body had been found among the rubble of a building here destroyed by Haiti's massive earthquake, Chinese rescue team leader Huang Jianfa said here early Saturday morning.

The body was found at 03:30 a.m. local time (0830 GMT) among the ruins of the collapsed building of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).

They also found a camera and a video camera, which belonged to the Chinese peace-keeping police in Haiti, as well as a shoe marked "Made in China," added Huang.

The Chinese rescue team members and the Chinese peacekeepers held a mourning ceremony on the site, standing in five lines and making three bows to the body.

The rescue team is doing everything possible to speed up the search for another seven policemen still missing.

Eight Chinese police officers were meeting UN officials in the building when the 7.3-magnitude quake hit Haiti on Tuesday.

There were 142 Chinese peace-keeping police officers in Haiti. The others are accounted for.