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| MI6 in 'torture' probe by police | |
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| Police are investigating an incident involving an MI6 officer for possible complicity in torture. | Police are investigating an incident involving an MI6 officer for possible complicity in torture. |
| This follows referral of the incident to Attorney General Baroness Scotland by MI6 - the Secret Intelligence Service - on its own initiative. | |
| Scotland Yard said it had been asked to investigate "the conditions under which a non-Briton was held" and "potential involvement of British personnel". | Scotland Yard said it had been asked to investigate "the conditions under which a non-Briton was held" and "potential involvement of British personnel". |
| Scotland Yard is already probing claims MI5 was complicit in abuse of a man. | |
| UK resident Binyam Mohamed claims that an officer from MI5 - the Security Service - was complicit in his torture while he was in US custody in Pakistan, Morocco and Afghanistan. | |
| The new investigation was announced in a letter from Foreign Secretary David Miliband to shadow foreign secretary William Hague. | |
| Mr Miliband wrote: "It is for the police to investigate. The government cannot comment further both to avoid prejudice and to protect the individuals involved. | |
| "The scope and handling of any police investigation is a matter for the police themselves." | |
| Human rights | |
| But he stressed that the government "wholeheartedly condemns torture". | |
| "We will not condone it. Neither will we ever ask others to do it on our behalf. | |
| "This is not mere rhetoric but a principled stance consistent with our unequivocal commitment to human rights." | |
| He added: "We are fortunate to have the best security and intelligence services and armed forces in the world. | |
| "We are all safer because of the work they do with integrity and bravery." |