SARAJEVO, Aug 27 (Hina) - Close to 1,400 policemen in Bosnia-Herzegovina could lose their job if they fail to prove in the next several days that they legally managed to solve their housing issue, spokeswoman for the U.N. mission in
Bosnia Kirsten Haupt said in Sarajevo Tuesday.
SARAJEVO, Aug 27 (Hina) - Close to 1,400 policemen in Bosnia-
Herzegovina could lose their job if they fail to prove in the next
several days that they legally managed to solve their housing
issue, spokeswoman for the U.N. mission in Bosnia Kirsten Haupt
said in Sarajevo Tuesday. #L#
In the past two years, the International Police Task Force (IPTF)
have been checking each of the 12,000 local police officers to make
sure that they had not broke the law, namely that they were not
involved in war crimes.
The respect of domestic laws also means that members of local police
task forces cannot be illegal occupiers of other people's property
and close to eight percent of the policemen have not managed to
prove that they respected property rights effective in Bosnia-
Herzegovina.
September 10 is the deadline by which they must explain their status
and submit necessary evidence or they will automatically lose their
job.
Around 200 policemen who were involved in war crimes or violated the
law in some other way, lost their work permit issued by the IPTF,
namely they are permanently banned from conducting any job in
police or security services in Bosnia.
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