ZAGREB, Dec 11 (Hina) - Retired Croatian General Mladen Markac on Wednesday spent his second day with investigators of the U.N. war crimes tribunal who questioned him about the Medak Pocket and Maslenica liberation operations. There
are still no indications that Markac has been accused of any crime, the general's attorney said.
ZAGREB, Dec 11 (Hina) - Retired Croatian General Mladen Markac on
Wednesday spent his second day with investigators of the U.N. war
crimes tribunal who questioned him about the Medak Pocket and
Maslenica liberation operations. There are still no indications
that Markac has been accused of any crime, the general's attorney
said. #L#
Markac is being interviewed as a suspect.
The Hague-based tribunal is conducting a probe into allegations of
grave breaches of international humanitarian law in Croatia
between 1991 and 1997.
"We haven't felt that General Markac is being directly accused of
any crime (...) He spoke about the role of special police units in
the (1993 Medak Pocket operation), about his zone of
responsibility," attorney Miroslav Separovic said.
In reaction to a government's press release which stated that the
documents he had requested had in fact been delivered to him,
Separovic reiterated he was satisfied with the "fair relations"
with the defence and interior ministries.
"I don't want to politicise or aggravate the government's position.
I only want actions which comply with the law and the parliamentary
declaration (on the Homeland War). I think the least General Markac
deserves is to be brought in an equal position with the tribunal's
investigators," he said.
Retired Admiral Davor Domazet was interviewed by the investigators
in November but interrupted the interview demanding that questions
refer to him personally and his former duty as chief military
intelligence officer.
Domazet will continue giving statements to the investigators at the
end of January.
Retired General Ivan Korade has an appointment with the tribunal's
investigators on Monday.
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