ZAGREB, March 18 (Hina) - The information Globus weekly published in its latest issue in connection with the kidnapping of Tomislav Zagorec was not leaked by the police, the Office for the Prevention of Corruption and Organised Crime
(USKOK), the State Prosecutor's Office or any other state institution, a meeting in Interior Minister Marijan Mlinaric's cabinet concluded on Thursday.
ZAGREB, March 18 (Hina) - The information Globus weekly published in
its latest issue in connection with the kidnapping of Tomislav Zagorec
was not leaked by the police, the Office for the Prevention of
Corruption and Organised Crime (USKOK), the State Prosecutor's Office
or any other state institution, a meeting in Interior Minister Marijan
Mlinaric's cabinet concluded on Thursday.#L#
Present apart from Mlinaric were top ministry officials, chief state
prosecutor Mladen Bajic, USKOK head Zeljko Zganjer, and the new head
of the Counterintelligence Agency, Josko Podbevsek.
According to a statement issued by the Interior Ministry, Globus
published in this week's issue the statements given to the police by
three men arrested for the kidnapping of retired general Vladimir
Zagorec's son, in which they claim the mastermind behind the abduction
was Zagreb businessman Hrvoje Petrac, whom USKOK yesterday cited as a
suspect in the kidnapping.
The ministry statement says that Globus published the statements after
they became available to all parties involved in the case, including
the suspects and their lawyers.
The statement adds that much before an investigation was launched
against him, Petrac was not seen at familiar addresses, and that
competent bodies are intensively looking for him.
Six men were arrested in connection with the Zagorec kidnapping in
early March. Among them was Petrac's son Novica. They and another
three who are still at large have been charged with association in a
criminal organisation founded to kidnap people.
(Hina) ha sb