After he was given permission by his physician, Glavas was taken from the prison hospital to the County Court because he wanted to attend the questioning of a witness, the first since he was remanded in custody due to the possibility that he might influence witnesses in an investigation that is being conducted into him and Krunoslav Fehir for war crimes against Serb civilians in Osijek in 1991.
Although he has lost 11 kilograms, Glavas felt very good and followed the hearing without any problems, Madunic said. "He did not put questions to the witnesses and he drank tea which he brought from the prison hospital," Madunic said.
Defence counsel are anxious to see the completion of witness questioning because it will mean the end of Glavas's detention, Madunic said.
Two of the four witnesses because of whom Glavas was remanded in custody should be questioned tomorrow. However, the prosecution has requested that Glavas not attend the hearing of one of them, which Glavas's attorneys consider unjustified given that their client is in custody.
Madunic said that Glavas would nevertheless appear in court tomorrow, even if it meant that he would attend only one hearing.
The last of the four witnesses because of whom Glavas was remanded in custody should be heard on November 17, and Glavas's defence counsel believe that he could be released from custody after that.
Asked when the questioning of all witnesses would be completed, Madunic said that the prosecution had proposed ten more witnesses, and the defence as many as 25. Before completing the investigation, forensic tests should be carried out to establish the exact cause of the death of a Serb civilian killed in Osijek during the war.
Judge Zdenko Posavec, who is in charge of the case, today turned down a request by Glavas's attorneys that witness testimonies no longer be confidential. He confirmed for the press that Glavas's medical findings showed that he was fit to follow the investigation, but that urine and blood tests indicated that he was on a hunger strike.
According to unofficial sources, the investigating judge today questioned a former employee of the Service for the Protection of the Constitutional Order (SZUP), Josip Alduk, and a member of the Croatian Army 106th Osijek Brigade, Franjo Dobos. The two spoke generally about war events and neither incriminated Glavas, according to unofficial reports.
The hearing was also attended by the other suspect in the case, Krunoslav Fehir, who is not in custody.
Fehir admitted to the charges and accused Glavas of ordering war crimes against Serb civilians.
The prosecution charges Glavas with having personally ordered the torture and killing of Serb civilians Cedomir Vuckovic and Djordje Petkovic and the torture of another three Serb civilians.