By empty (8/18/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Law enforcement agencies in Chechnya should ban officers from conducting special operations in masks, said Chairman of the public council for control of Chechnya\'s socioeconomic restoration and presidential candidate Alu Alkhanov. \"I am categorically against security and law enforcement agencies\' working in masks. A man serving the law and protecting his people should not cover his face.
Law enforcement agencies in Chechnya should ban officers from conducting special operations in masks, said Chairman of the public council for control of Chechnya\'s socioeconomic restoration and presidential candidate Alu Alkhanov. \"I am categorically against security and law enforcement agencies\' working in masks. A man serving the law and protecting his people should not cover his face. It is criminals who are supposed to cover their faces,\" Alkhanov said meeting with members of Chechen diasporas in Russian regions in Moscow on Wednesday. Taking questions from the participants in the meeting, Alkhanov said the activity of the Chechen authorities must be transparent, and they must enjoy the people\'s trust. (Interfax)