Saturday, 26 March 2011 - 5:48pm |
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Five further names released following Christchurch earthquake

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Police have today confirmed the identities of a further five people who died in the Christchurch earthquake.

They are:

Yuki HAMASAKI, 23, (female), of Japan
Yang CHEN, 29, (female), of China
Limin WANG, 32 (female), of China
Xiling HAN, 25 (female), of China
Jen/Jin HII, 34 (female), of Malaysia

This brings the total number of names released to 166.

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