SARAJEVO, Jan 28(Hina) - A former employee of the Defence Ministry of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ivan Azinovic, who is suspected, along with Ante Jelavic, Miroslav Prce and Miroslav Rupcic, of mismanaging Hercegovacka Banka
funds, may surrender to Bosnian authorities if an agreement to that effect is reached between his attorneys and the prosecution.
SARAJEVO, Jan 28(Hina) - A former employee of the Defence Ministry of
the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ivan Azinovic, who is suspected,
along with Ante Jelavic, Miroslav Prce and Miroslav Rupcic, of
mismanaging Hercegovacka Banka funds, may surrender to Bosnian
authorities if an agreement to that effect is reached between his
attorneys and the prosecution.#L#
The Sarajevo-based Dnevni avaz daily of Wednesday reported that
Azinovic's attorneys Nada Dalipagic and Davor Silic had announced
negotiations about the surrender with prosecutor John McNair, who
heads a special department for the fight against organised crime and
corruption.
Depending on the outcome of negotiations, Azinovic, who was reportedly
to be taken into police custody together with the other three
suspects, will decide whether to surrender.
It is believed that Azinovic is hiding in Croatia.
Nezavisne novine daily from Banja Luka reported today that the head of
the Federation's Interior Ministry's police administration, Zlatko
Miletic, had sent a written explanation to federal officials about the
reason why the arrest of Jelavic, Prce and Rupcic had had to be
carried out by federal police forces. The main reason is that local
police had avoided for more than a year to bring the suspects in for
questioning.
On February 5 the House of Representatives of the Federation's
parliament will discuss, at the request of deputies of the Croatian
Democratic Union of Bosnia-Herzegovina (HDZ BH), the forming of a
special commission which would be given 30 days to establish whether
the arrests were carried out in line with the law.
(Hina) rml sb