ZAGREB, March 2 (Hina) - The State Prosecutor's Office requested thepolice to investigate allegations from an article published inWednesday's Novi List daily, according to which rev. Zlatko Sudac toldNova TV that General Ante
Gotovina, wanted by the UN war crimestribunal in The Hague, was in the priest's spiritual headquarters inBetanija, on the island of Losinj two years ago, the Croatian InteriorMinistry said in a statement.
ZAGREB, March 2 (Hina) - The State Prosecutor's Office requested the
police to investigate allegations from an article published in Wednesday's Novi
List daily, according to which rev. Zlatko Sudac told Nova TV that General
Ante Gotovina, wanted by the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague, was in the
priest's spiritual headquarters in Betanija, on the island of Losinj two years
ago, the Croatian Interior Ministry said in a statement."We received a request from the Prosecutor's Office to investigate
allegations from the press and the investigation is under way," spokesman for
the Interior Ministry Zlatko Mehun told Hina. Asked whether police would talk
to the priest of the Krk Diocese, Mehun did not give a precise answer.
"Following an order from the Prosecutor's Office, police are
investigating claims from the press and for now I cannot speak about the
activities the police are taking," Mehun said and added the Interior Ministry
would inform the State Prosecutor's Office of the results of the
investigation.
In the article headlined "Gotovina visited rev. Gotovina", Novi List
daily reported that the priest told Nova TV on Tuesday evening that Gotovina
stayed for six days in the spiritual headquarters in Betanija two years ago and
attended spiritual exercises.