BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4985

HR-BULLETIN-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4985 HINA Zagreb 15 June 2003NEWSWEEK: ICTY MAY RECONSIDER CHARGES AGAINST GOTOVINAZAGREB, June 15 (Hina) - Two years after indicting Croatian Gen. Ante Gotovina for crimes against humanity, the Hague tribunal may reconsider its charges, says the latest issue of Newsweek. Tribunal officials now acknowledge that the accusations against him -- that he was responsible for the murder of at least 150 ethnic Serbs and the flight of more than 150,000 in 1995 -- were based on circumstantial evidence, the reputed American magazine reports on its web site. "Circumstantial evidence is valid unless there is some other reasonable hypothesis," a Hague prosecution official told Newsweek reported Roy Gutman. The source, however, said that documents released last Friday could contain evidence proving the fugitive general "was not responsible" for those crimes. Gotovina emerged from hiding last week, offering to surrender if the tribunal withdraws