The Ministry of the Interior on Monday stated that Faber was appointed new head of the Osijek-Baranja County Police Department to "prevent the possibility of any political pressure and to make sure that the county police will be fully independent" in investigating allegations of war crimes in the eastern Croatian town.
Djapic said the Ministry's explanation was unacceptable and asked the new police chief to investigate not only individual crimes against and disappearance of local Serbs in 1991, but also the perpetrators of crimes committed against Croat civilians in formerly Serb-held areas, as well as persons responsible for the 1991 shelling of Osijek.
Faber said that Djapic's request was in line with what he considered to be police work.
He added that there was a large number of cases with charges pressed for war crimes committed against Croatian citizens during the occupation.
The Ministry of the Interior said yesterday that the Police Directorate and Zagreb's Crime Police had set up a special team of crime experts to help their colleagues from Osijek find the persons who ordered the killing of and killed Serb civilians in Osijek in 1991 and 1992.