RIJEKA, June 20 (Hina) - Friday's hearing in the trial against the so-called Gospic Group at Rijeka county court will not be held as scheduled because witness Smiljan Reljic informed the president of the panel of judges, Ika Saric,
that he would not be able to make an appearance.
RIJEKA, June 20 (Hina) - Friday's hearing in the trial against the
so-called Gospic Group at Rijeka county court will not be held as
scheduled because witness Smiljan Reljic informed the president of
the panel of judges, Ika Saric, that he would not be able to make an
appearance. #L#
The senior police officer at the time of events in Gospic, and later
head of the Service for the Protection of the Constitutional Order,
Reljic has been mentioned during the trial as a person who was
informed by the most senior police and intelligence officers from
Gospic about events in the central Croatian town.
Gospic police commissioner at the time, Ivan Dasovic, submitted a
report to Reljic at the end of 1991 about all events in the area,
mentioning the disappearance of civilians. The report was
recorded, but the whereabouts of the transcripts are not known.
The trial continues on July 1.
(hina) lml sb