HEAD OF BOSNIAN FEDERATION'S SECURITY AGENCY OFFERS RESIGNATION

SARAJEVO, Sept 3 (Hina) - The head of the intelligence and security service (FOSS) of the Croat-Muslim Federation in Bosnia- Herzegovina, Ivan Vuksic, on Wednesday tendered his resignation following a scandal which occurred after the publication in the media of documents on the wiretapping of a former head of the agency, Munir Alibabic. #L# The news about Vuksic's resignation was announced by the Federal Television (FTV) which cited an unnamed source from the Office of the High Representative. Over the past couple of days, the Sarajevo-based Dnevni Avaz daily reported that by tapping Alibabic's phone, the FOSS learned that he and the leader of Social Democratic Party of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Zlatko Lagumdzija, had allegedly planned to carry out a coup. It was subsequently established that the documents were material recently forwarded to the State Prosecution for inspection. In addition, making such a document available to the media is a criminal act for which the most responsible office-holders in the FOSS must bear consequences. The FOSS executive director, Enes Besic, has issued a letter in which he pointed the finger at Vuksic as the most responsible for the disclosing of the information. (hina) ms