Jonjic represents Bosnian Croats Pasko Ljubicic and Valentin Coric. Thirty-five CD-ROMs related to the two cases were stolen from his office last Saturday. Jonjic said they contained statements from witnesses for the prosecution and the defence, including from protected witnesses.
Landale cautioned all media, notably in Croatia, that publication of protected documents which would violate the Hague tribunal's protection measures might result in contempt of court charges.
He said this referred to identification of witnesses whom the tribunal provided with protection due to the existing threat to their safety because of their involvement in a trial in The Hague.
Landale said the tribunal had pressed several contempt of court charges to date when protection was undermined or witnesses were threatening, for example against Montenegro's Dan daily, Serbian attorney Milka Maglov, and Kosovo Albanian Beqa Beqaj.
Under the tribunal's rules, if someone is found guilty of contempt of court the penalty may include imprisonment up to seven years or a fine up to 100,000 euros.
Jonjic told Hina over the phone an inspection of his documents he carried out since the burglary confirmed that 35 of a total of 150 CD-ROMs had been stolen.
He said police were intensively looking for the perpetrators.
According to available information, this is the third incident of this kind involving Croatian lawyers representing someone before the Hague tribunal.