"The arrests are made and indictments issued for the purposes of daily politics," Leskovac said at a news conference in Vukovar, distributing to reporters copies of his letter.
Leskovac recalled that several days ago six Serbs were arrested in Vukovar, including an employee of the county police department, on charges that they had mentally and physically abused Vukovar Croats in November 1991.
Leskovac said in the letter that the general impression among Serbs in Vukovar County and Croatia was that this was yet another attempt to cause unrest and intimidate Serbs and prevent their return.
The campaign of arresting Vukovar Serbs and issuing indictments against them is conducted by individuals obsessed with issues of ethnicity, who work in the police, prosecution, courts and some associations which investigate war crimes, but in a biased manner, Leskovac said.
"The letter to the ambassadors is the result of the fact that Croatian politicians are constantly ignoring and refusing to speak up about the problem of arrests of local Serbs and the issuing of war crimes indictments against them. Their example is followed by official Serb representatives, who are not speaking about the issue or are doing so only half-heartedly," Leskovac said.
He urged the publication of a possible final list of war crimes suspects, to put an end to what he called harmful and unacceptable trials.
"There is a conspicuous pattern where the issuing of an indictment against a Croat is always followed by new arrests of Serbs and new war crimes charges," Leskovac said.