MILOS VOJNOVIC DIES IN VUKOVAR

VUKOVAR, Oct 25 (Hina) - Vice-president of the Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS) and councillor at the Joint Council of (Serb) Municipalities (ZVO), Milos Vojnovic, died suddenly in Vukovar on Friday night, the head of the ZVO press centre, Milan Trbojevic, confirmed to Hina. #L# Unofficial sources the cause of death was a heart attack. Vojnovic was born in Glina in 1952 and lived in Vukovar since 1961. During the Serb occupation of Croatian territories of eastern Slavonia, Baranja and western Srijem, he carried out judicial duties in courts of the occupied area, also known as the Serb Autonomous Province of Krajina (SAO Krajina). His name became prominent in the media in the past week, ever since the Vukovar County Court's judicial council positively assessed his candidacy as judge of the said court. A number of political parties and Homeland War associations expressed opposition to his candidacy for judge, stressing that "during the Serb aggression and occupation he made himself available to the Greater Serbian rebellion", and recalled that the Osijek County Court had in 1992 "sentenced him to 12 years in prison for rebellion against the Republic of Croatia". He was later pardoned by the government. (hina) lml