Anti-narcotics drive: UK minister for due legal process
UK Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific, Mark Field. Photo taken from Twitter.
UK Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific, Mark Field has urged Bangladesh law enforcers "to uphold due legal process and safeguards over use of force" in the ongoing countrywide drives against narcotics.
Concerned by the rising number of deaths in counter-drugs operations in #Bangladesh. Expect Bangladesh law enforcement to uphold due legal process and safeguards over use of force.
— Mark Field MP (@MarkFieldUK) June 6, 2018
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Mark Field, the UK lawmaker, in a tweet yesterday, expressed his concern over the "rising number of deaths" in the drives.
At least 139 alleged drug dealers have been killed in the anti-narcotics drive in the last 22 days with most of them killed in the so-called shootouts involving Rab and police.
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