ZAGREB, Feb 26 (Hina) - Three suspects in the Grupo affair, Miroslav Kutle, Ninoslav Pavic and Vinko Grubisic, pleaded not guilty before the Zagreb County investigative judge on charges of having formed the Grupo company to gain
control over most electronic and publishing media in Croatia. Judge Kresimir Devcic said he will decide whether an inquiry will be initiated after the end of next week, following his questioning of the fourth and fifth suspects, Drazen Mandic and Jurij Hrvacic. Kutle's defence attorney Anto Nobilo said his client dismissed accusations that he was creating a prohibited fund, claiming it was his personal money which he could spend as he liked. Kutle also dismissed the creation of a media monopoly. Along with the co-owner of "Europa Press Holding," Pavic, and co-owner of the OTV television station, Grubisic, Kutle, who has been in custody almost a year now, is accused of intending to create a monopoly o
ZAGREB, Feb 26 (Hina) - Three suspects in the Grupo affair, Miroslav
Kutle, Ninoslav Pavic and Vinko Grubisic, pleaded not guilty before
the Zagreb County investigative judge on charges of having formed
the Grupo company to gain control over most electronic and
publishing media in Croatia.
Judge Kresimir Devcic said he will decide whether an inquiry will be
initiated after the end of next week, following his questioning of
the fourth and fifth suspects, Drazen Mandic and Jurij Hrvacic.
Kutle's defence attorney Anto Nobilo said his client dismissed
accusations that he was creating a prohibited fund, claiming it was
his personal money which he could spend as he liked.
Kutle also dismissed the creation of a media monopoly.
Along with the co-owner of "Europa Press Holding," Pavic, and co-
owner of the OTV television station, Grubisic, Kutle, who has been
in custody almost a year now, is accused of intending to create a
monopoly on the Croatian media scene, with the aim of acquiring the
national television concession. The prosecution has asserted they
were helped by a lawyer in Kutle's "Globus Group", Mandic, and
director of Obiteljski radio, Hrvacic.
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