Suleym­an Soylu said, he would person­ally assume full legal respon­sibili­ty if Turkis­h police office­rs took such action­sISTANBUL: Turkey’s powerful interior minister was on Thursday accused of abusing his powers by the opposition and lawyers after saying police should “break the legs” of drug dealers. Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu, a favourite with the grass roots of the ruling Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) for his tough approach to crime, made the remarks at an anti-drugs conference earlier this week. He went on to say he would personally assume full legal responsibility if Turkish police officers took such actions. “The order, which constitutes an offence, cannot be fulfilled under any circumstances, whoever fulfils it cannot be free of responsibility,” she said, quoted by Turkish media. Erdogan calls Mamnoon, says Turkey stands with Pakistan in wake of Trump tweet“This (Soylu’s remark) is in quite a clear way criminal.

Source: The Express Tribune January 04, 2018 17:26 UTC