The Bangladesh government must take responsibility.”AF Hassan Ariff, the attorney-general of Bangladesh, told The Independent on Sunday that a new department had been set up to deal with public-sector corruption.Asked why it had taken six years to take Mr Miah’s murder seriously, he said: “The investigation into [his] death was riddled with procedural snags. Corruption and indifference have hindered investigations but that is changing.”. Police forces around England and Wales are revolting against changes in the law on cannabis introduced by David Blunkett, the Home Secretary, whom they accuse of creating confusion. The result is a “postcode lottery”, with different forces applying different approaches to the policing of the law.One officer with the Dyfed Powys drug-prevention unit cited as an example an approach by a group of students at last week’s Royal Welsh Show.

DC Wyn Davies explained: “They wanted to know why if they smoked cannabis at their university in London the police would take no action, but if on their return home to Wales they did the same thing they would end up in a police cell. They didn’t think that was right.”"My own view is that David Blunkett’s softly softly approach is counter productive and confusing.”Under the Home Secretary’s plans, cannabis is to be reclassified as a “Class C” drug, which will mean police can no longer automatically arrest someone found smoking it. Instead, they will have to issue written warnings and confiscate the drug.The move is seen as paving the way for the decriminalisation of small amounts of cannabis for personal use. Yet contrary to the impression given in the right-wing tabloid press, this policy is not yet being implemented in many forces in England and Wales.”It is our duty to uphold the law,” said a spokesman for the Cumbria police “Possession of cannabis is an offence and we will act. We are aware that variations in policing this offence do exist in different areas and we have made it clear via the local media that our policy hasn’t changed.”North Wales police also intend to continue arresting and prosecuting for possession. Chief Inspector Mark Owen, head of community safety, said: “There has been no change to the law and we will uphold the letter of the law in relation to cannabis.”The Association of Chief Police Officers has a working group trying to establish a set of national guidelines to bring conformity to the policing of cannabis in England and Wales.Until then, as Chief Inspector Owen explained: “It is a muddle and a mess.

I wouldn’t envy someone trying to second guess what the attitude in any given force is going to be to this issue.”. The suspicious deaths of four soldiers – three of whom were 17 – at an Army barracks in Surrey suggest there is an unchecked culture of bullying and secrecy that extends throughout the armed forces, according to a Labour MP. “There are no central statistics on this matter, no record of how people died, and when I asked for details they refused to give them It’s a question of the whole attitude of the Army The Army owes a duty of care to soldiers of 17 They are not allowed to carry live ammunition. I don’t know if they are being murdered or committing suicide; that’s why I want an inquiry.”There is growing concern in Parliament over the four deaths at the Princess Royal Barracks in Deepcut, near Aldershot.