BELGRADE DAILY: GEN. PAVKOVIC IS ON HUNGER STRIKE

BELGRADE, May 28 (Hina) - Nebojsa Pavkovic, a former Yugoslav Army Chief-of-Staff, arrested after the 12 March assassination of Serbian Premier Zoran Djindjic, started a hunger strike on May 22 despite his difficult health condition, Belgrade's daily "Blic" reported on Wednesday. #L# The daily quotes Pavkovic's sister and brother as saying Pavkovic's condition is critical as some 20 days before his arrest he had undergone cancer surgery and is now not receiving adequate medical treatment in prison. General Pavkovic is suspected of having helped evacuate with helicopters, from Tivat in Montenegro to Belgrade, a group of people who tried to assassinate the leader of the Serb Revival Movement, Vuk Draskovic, in the Montenegrin town of Budva in June 2000. (hina) rml