DINKO SAKIC REMAINS IN ZAGREB PRISON OWING TO POOR HEALTH

ZAGREB, Jan 9 (Hina) - A former commander of the World War II concentration camp of Jasenovac, Dinko Sakic, has not yet been transferred from a Zagreb detention centre into some other jail in the country to serve his 20-year-long sentence, owing to his bad health conditions, sources in the Croatian Justice Ministry reported on Tuesday. A soon as the final verdict was made in his case, last year Sakic was transferred to the Remetinec prison infirmary in Zagreb, so that his mental and health condition could be checked by doctors, psychologists and other experts. However, this examination could not be conducted owing to his poor health, and therefore it has not yet been determined where he will serve his prison sentence and when he will be transferred, justice ministry sources said. The media has recently speculated that Sakic, found guilty of war crimes against civilian population, can be transferred to the prison of Lepoglava (northern Croatia) late this week. Today, the deadline expires for 21-day-long quarantine in which he is put for the medical examination. During this time term, his physical and mental health should have been checked before his transfer to another prison. Sakic's defence lawyer, Ivan Kern, told Hina on Monday that his defendant could be sent to Lepoglava in the coming two days. Kern also announced he would lodge an appeal against this case with the Constitution Court, as he maintained that Sakic had been tried and sentenced for something what was not cited in the request for his extradition from Argentine. According to Kern, this is a violation of the extradition act, as he holds that this Latin American country handed him to Croatia on the basis of one thing, while he was sentenced for another thing. (hina) sb ms