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24 July, 2017According to newspaper reports, a Greek Cypriot businessman has turned to North Cyprus for justice after claiming he has been unable to rely on policing in the South. Speaking to the Kıbrıs Postası newspaper, Zakaris Karipis said that his life has become hell since he discovered and reported to the Greek Cypriot police significant amounts of narcotics that were, unknown to him, smuggled into Larnaca Port among the goods he imported from Bulgaria in 2000.
Rather than being rewarded by the authorities, Karipis claims instead that he was left totally unprotected and alone by the Greek Cypriot police. Kapiris alleges that he was threatened as a result of his honesty, that his car was burnt and his house was attacked after 2011. Despite speaking out many times, Karipis claims that many groups and outlets are too afraid to report on the injustice that he faced.
The 65 year old businessman has finally reached breaking point, and moved to the TRNC one month ago to ask help from President Mustafa Akıncı.
In an interview, Karipis said that it is a “fantasy” to expect fair treatment from the Greek Cypriot Administration, which is not fair even to its own citizens. Karipis added, “Anastasiades asks Akıncı not to leave even one Turkish soldier in the island. I am against this. I think that we need more Turkish soldiers. How can the Greek Cypriot Administration protect the Turkish Cypriots while it is unable to protect even the Greek Cypriots?”
(Kıbrıs Postası)