ZAGREB/THE HAGUE, July 11 (Hina) - Accusations against the former leader of Croatian Serb rebels, Milan Martic, for the persecution, killing, detention and abuse of Croats and other non-Serbs in 1995-95 are unfounded and fictitious,
defence counsel Predrag Milovancevic said in his opening arguments before the Hague war crimes tribunal on Tuesday.
ZAGREB/THE HAGUE, July 11 (Hina) - Accusations against the former
leader of Croatian Serb rebels, Milan Martic, for the persecution, killing,
detention and abuse of Croats and other non-Serbs in 1995-95 are unfounded and
fictitious, defence counsel Predrag Milovancevic said in his opening arguments
before the Hague war crimes tribunal on Tuesday. Martic, 60, a
former interior minister and president of the Republic of Serb Krajina, a
former self-styled statelet in Croatia, is charged with 19 counts of crimes
against humanity committed against Croatian civilians in Serb-occupied parts of
Croatia in 1991-95, war crimes in western Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1994, and
the 2-3 May 1995 shelling of Zagreb.
After the prosecution finished presenting evidence, the trial chamber
rejected a request to dismiss some counts of the indictment.