MILOSEVIC ACCUSES PROSECUTORS FOR TAPPING HIS TELEPHONE

THE HAGUE/ZAGREB, Feb 28 (Hina) - Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic on Thursday continued his attacks on international war crimes tribunal's prosecutors, this time accusing them of eavesdropping on his telephone conversations. "It is your obligation to investigate the abuse of my calls," Milosevic told the judges after the examination of witness, Kosovo Albanian Halit Barani, in the trial for charges of crimes committed in Kosovo. Milosevic claimed that all questions prosecutor Geoffrey Nice asked the witness in the morning part of the trial included what Milosevic discussed the previous day with his assistants who provide him with information about every witness . Judge Richard May, presiding over the Trial Chamber, asked Nice to explain Milosevic's allegations. I do not have access to the defendant's communication, Nice said, adding that all issues about which he asked the witness, were included in the summary of a witness statement submitted to the judges and Milosevic before the trial. May confirmed this and told Milosevic to first check his information before such accusations. Milosevic has said several times he did not read materials given to him by the prosecution. (hina) lml