167. The Appeals Chamber recalls that the Trial Chamber found that Tarčulovski had been ordered to lead the police in the operation in Ljuboten without making a positive finding as to who gave the order.[1] This is, however, irrelevant: the fact that Tarčulovski was ordered to lead the operation does not exonerate him from criminal responsibility if in the execution of the order he in turn instructed other persons to commit a crime.[2] Moreover, the fact that someone else ordered Tarčulovski to lead the operation does not mean that he did not order the operation to be carried out. […]