THE HAGUE, Oct 17 (Hina) - The Hague war crimes tribunal's trial chamber prosecuting former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic at the beginning of Thursday's main hearing unexpectedly decided the interrogation of Belgrade
journalist Jovan Dulovic would be closed to the public.
THE HAGUE, Oct 17 (Hina) - The Hague war crimes tribunal's trial
chamber prosecuting former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic
at the beginning of Thursday's main hearing unexpectedly decided
the interrogation of Belgrade journalist Jovan Dulovic would be
closed to the public. #L#
The trial chamber believes this is in the interest of justice, its
president Richard May said, without stating the reasons for the
decision.
Dulovic began testifying at an open session yesterday at his own
request, even though last week Belgrade notified the UN tribunal it
had information about threats against the witness.
At the beginning of his interrogation, Dulovic only requested that
a smaller part of the testimony be held in private so as not to
endanger a person he intended to mention.
Dulovic yesterday testified in great detail about the destruction
of areas in Croatia's eastern Slavonia and the crimes in the town of
Vukovar he witnessed. He was also to speak about crimes he witnessed
in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
His testimony showed that as a war-time reporter of "Politika
ekspres", a regime newspaper, he had open access to all Serbian
sources, both in the former federal army (JNA) and in the other Serb
units which warred in Croatia and Bosnia. The judges followed his
valuable testimony, based on first-hand knowledge and notes, with
close attention.
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