MULJACIC: SIX BOSNIAN CROATS IN ICTY DETENTION FINE

ZAGREB, April 7 (Hina) - The condition of six Bosnian Croat indictees who surrendered to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia on Monday, is good and they are satisfied with the condition in detention, Croatian Assistant Justice Minister Jaksa Muljacic said after a visit to the Scheveningen detention centre on Wednesday.#L# Six war-time political and military Bosnian Croat officials are charged on 26 counts for crimes against humanity and war crimes against Bosnian Muslims and other non-Croats on the territory of the former Herzeg-Bosna in the early 1990s. The six men on Tuesday entered a plea of not guilty to all counts of the indictment which was issued on March 4 after a seven-year long investigation. Asked about generals Ivan Cermak and Mladen Markac, who surrendered to the tribunal on March 11 and are waiting on the Trial Chamber's decision about their request for the provisional release pending trial, Muljacic said he had heard in the detention centre that the two generals were also feeling fine. "We are waiting for the Trial Chamber to deliver a decision," Muljacic said when asked about possibilities for the decision to be adopted by the end of the week. Commenting on the provisional release of the six Bosnian Croats Muljacic said some time had to pass before the six would be able to file such a request. He said that ICTY investigators would have to interview the six men first, because most of them had not been interviewed. The Croatian government has already submitted written guarantees necessary for their temporary release and after the attorneys file a request, Justice Minister Vesna Skare Ozbolt will be ready to confirm those guarantees at a hearing, Muljacic said. (Hina)