Hrvatin thus accepted a request by Chief State Prosecutor Mladen Bajic that the case be referred from the Osijek County Court to the Zagreb County Court.
Bajic made the request claiming that persons with information about the crimes in question, who had testified or would testify in the case, were exposed to pressure. He also said that the general atmosphere in Osijek would prevent an objective trial.
The decision by the Supreme Court president was published on the Court's web site.
The Chief State Prosecutor's Office is now expected to request the Zagreb County Court to launch an investigation against independent MP Glavas and Fehir, a former member of the First Osijek Battalion, which was under Glavas's command in 1991.
Upon receipt of the investigation request, the case will be referred to an investigating judge who will hear the two suspects and decide on launching an investigation or turn down the investigation request.
Hina could not obtain any information from the Chief State Prosecutor's Office or the Zagreb County Prosecutor's Office as to when the investigation request would be made.
Kresimir Devcic, spokesman for the Zagreb County Court and investigating judge, said that the court did not receive any requests from the prosecution by 15.30 hours.
Glavas was stripped of parliamentary immunity on Wednesday evening after a five-hour debate in Parliament in which he rejected the charges and insisted that criminal proceedings against him were politically motivated.
The other suspect, Krunoslav Fehir, has publicly spoken of Glavas's alleged involvement in the murders of Serb civilians and admitted shooting one of the prisoners.
The press has recently reported that Glavas is charged with ordering the killing and torture of civilians and that he is responsible for the torture and murder of Cedomir Vuckovic and Djordje Petkovic and the torture of Nikola Vasic and Snezana Beric.