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A senior police officer who visited the annual 9/11 memorial service in New York two years ago has been castigated for attending a Cornish village fete dressed as Osama bin Laden.
Chief Superintendent Colin Terry’s choice of fancy dress was described as “unacceptable” by his own police force after he took part in a parade at the Grampound Carnival wearing robes and a rubber mask representing the al-Qaeda leader.
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NAIROBI (Reuters) - A speeding ticket involving the World Bank country director in Kenya turned into a public spat on Friday after police angrily rejected his claim the traffic stop was fresh evidence of police corruption.
World Bank country director Colin Bruce has often denounced graft in the east African nation, particularly among its police force, routinely rated as Kenya's most corrupt institution.
On Thursday, he was pulled over on a busy highway outside the capital Nairobi, where officers accused his driver of cruising at more than twice the legal speed limit.
Bruce told Reuters the officers gave him no proof of any infraction -- and then taunted him when he demanded their badge numbers to lodge a complaint.
"All the evidence available points to a very serious problem of corruption in the Kenyan police force," he told Reuters. "One has to wonder if this is not an example of it."
But in a statement faxed to news organisations police accused Bruce of trying to use his position to bypass laws and of inciting other drivers at the checkpoint not to pay speeding fines.
"Mr Bruce should not be under the illusion that World Bank officials are exempt from observing Kenyan laws. He chose to cause a scene by the roadside and proceeded to insult Kenyan police," it said.
The statement praised the officers involved for their "professionalism" and said at no point had they been disrespectful to the World Bank chief.
In January, the World Bank said it would not clear delayed loans to Kenya worth $265 million until it was convinced the government was serious about tackling rampant graft. But Bruce said his run-in with the law would not affect Bank policy.
"This is not about the World Bank," he said. "It is about our entitlement as individuals to due process."
His driver was slapped with a 4,000 Kenyan shilling speeding fine. The police said his driver would have to appear in court if it was not paid.
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