BELGRADE, Feb 27 (Hina) - The wife of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic, Mira Markovic, says her husband, currently in The Hague, is receiving information necessary for his defence before the international war crimes
tribunal from "friends, associates and party comrades". Markovic told the B92 television that witness statements were false, and she "did not believe there was agreed and organised criminal relations towards the Albanian people". Commenting on how Milosevic defended himself, Markovic said "You can see he is his own best defence attorney. Nobody can represent him as well as he represents himself, because he stands for truth and justice." She also told JU Info Television that her husband was subjected to physical exhaustion and that she "feared for his health". She added that she had hoped he would be "so superior and so brave" at the trial, but that even she was surprised "to wh
BELGRADE, Feb 27 (Hina) - The wife of former Yugoslav president
Slobodan Milosevic, Mira Markovic, says her husband, currently in
The Hague, is receiving information necessary for his defence
before the international war crimes tribunal from "friends,
associates and party comrades".
Markovic told the B92 television that witness statements were
false, and she "did not believe there was agreed and organised
criminal relations towards the Albanian people".
Commenting on how Milosevic defended himself, Markovic said "You
can see he is his own best defence attorney. Nobody can represent
him as well as he represents himself, because he stands for truth
and justice."
She also told JU Info Television that her husband was subjected to
physical exhaustion and that she "feared for his health". She added
that she had hoped he would be "so superior and so brave" at the
trial, but that even she was surprised "to what extent he achieved
this".
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