BELGRADE, April 25 (Hina) - Major of the former Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), Miroslav Radic, wanted by the UN war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, did not surrender to the competent authorities, rather, he was nabbed by
police. The public was misinformed about his voluntary surrender, the director of the fund for humanitarian law in Belgrade said.
BELGRADE, April 25 (Hina) - Major of the former Yugoslav People's
Army (JNA), Miroslav Radic, wanted by the UN war crimes tribunal for
the former Yugoslavia, did not surrender to the competent
authorities, rather, he was nabbed by police. The public was
misinformed about his voluntary surrender, the director of the fund
for humanitarian law in Belgrade said. #L#
"The media are full with comment pieces by politicians and police
that Major Radic turned himself in. This is not true," Natasa Kandic
was quoted by a local radio as saying.
She added that she had obtained by chance correct information on the
arrest of Radic, accused of crimes in the eastern Croatian city of
Vukovar in 1991.
"Radic was arrested some ten days ago in the street while he was
standing with a lady friend, and this story was known in Belgrade
before they (authorities) released the information that Radic
turned himself in to police...There is that woman who was in his
company when he was apprehended," Kandic said.
Authorities have on several occasions asserted that Radic
surrendered and that he could expect all assistance and guarantees
of state bodies for his defence before the Hague-based tribunal.
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