ZAGREB, Jan 4 (Hina) - A government official reiterated on Thursday that neither the government nor its office for cooperation with UN's war crimes tribunal in The Hague had received a list with the names of former officials who might
be suspects in alleged war crimes, as some media reported today.
ZAGREB, Jan 4 (Hina) - A government official reiterated on Thursday
that neither the government nor its office for cooperation with
UN's war crimes tribunal in The Hague had received a list with the
names of former officials who might be suspects in alleged war
crimes, as some media reported today.#L#
The government has not received a list with either 50 or 100 names of
former officials, spokeswoman Aleksandra Kolaric told the press
after today's government session.
She added First Deputy Prime Minister Goran Granic denied the list
claims on television last evening.
Kolaric declined to comment on media allegations that the Hague
tribunal was requesting transcripts of conversations former
President Franjo Tudjman had with his associates and which
allegedly tackled ethnic cleansing. She briefly said the
transcripts were a serious matter which would be checked.
Several national daily newspapers today ran articles alleging that
a letter arrived from the Hague with the names of some 100 former
officials, namely that the tribunal was expanding its
investigations to include 50 senior officials of the Croatian
Democratic Union, the formerly ruling and today strongest
opposition party.
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