LORA TRIAL TO RECONVENE IN SPLIT NEXT WEEK

LORA TRIAL TO RECONVENE NEXT WEEK SPLIT, July 2 (Hina) - Chairman of the trial chamber in Split County Court in the so-called Lora trial, Judge Slavko Lozina, on Tuesday stated that the main hearing would continue mid next week, most likely Thursday. #L# The judge declined to comment on the decision by the Supreme Court to reject a proposal by the state prosecutor to have the trial transferred to some other court. The Supreme Court described the prosecution's request as unfounded. It was due to this request that the trial was adjourned on June 20. The trial of eight former military policemen, one of whom is on the run, began in the Split County Court on June 10. The suspects are accused of abusing military prisoners and civilians as well as of the murder of Nenad Knezevic and Gojko Bulovic. (hina) sp sb