ZAGREB, March 28 (Hina) - The Rijeka Municipal State Prosecution on Friday requested that police interview Sinj mayor Mato Jukic to establish if he committed the criminal act of pressure on a court official with the statement he made
after a verdict was reached in the trial of the so-called Gospic Group, the interior ministry reported.
ZAGREB, March 28 (Hina) - The Rijeka Municipal State Prosecution on
Friday requested that police interview Sinj mayor Mato Jukic to
establish if he committed the criminal act of pressure on a court
official with the statement he made after a verdict was reached in
the trial of the so-called Gospic Group, the interior ministry
reported. #L#
Interior Ministry spokeswoman Zinka Bardic told Hina the purpose of
the interview was to establish if there were elements for
initiating criminal proceedings against Jukic.
After the non-final verdict of guilty to the Gospic Group was
passed, Jukic said the verdict was shameful, that the winners in a
war could not be tried and that it was unheard of that generals and
soldiers who had liberated their country had to be imprisoned.
Bardic reiterated that the police, in cooperation with the state
prosecution, were investigating whether criminal acts had been
committed during yesterday's protests and blockade of roads
organised by the HVIDR disabled war veterans' association.
According to the Penal Code, a person who, during trial and before
the final verdict is passed, says in the media, at a public
gathering or in front of a group of people, how a court official in
the trial should act or which decisions he should make, is
committing a criminal act.
This kind of act envisages a fine of up to 150 daily wages or up to six
months in prison.
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