BELGRADE, May 15 (Hina) - Yugoslav institutions have requested the release of pilot Emir Sisic from a Budapest prison, the headquarters of the Yugoslav military air force and antiaircraft defence and the Yugoslav Army Main Staff said
on Tuesday. Sisic's release has been requested "out of humane and professional reasons," the Yugoslav military explained. Sisic was arrested on the Yugoslav-Hungarian border on May 9 based on a warrant Croatia issued via Interpol. As a MIG pilot, Sisic on 7 January 1992 brought down an Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe helicopter above the northern Croatian town of Varazdin, killing five. The Yugoslav military maintains Sisic "was professionally performing his duty in the control and prevention of airspace breaches," and that the OSCE helicopter "did not have permission to fly towards Zagreb." Croatia sentenced Sisic in absentia to 20 years in prison. Under Hungari
BELGRADE, May 15 (Hina) - Yugoslav institutions have requested the
release of pilot Emir Sisic from a Budapest prison, the
headquarters of the Yugoslav military air force and antiaircraft
defence and the Yugoslav Army Main Staff said on Tuesday.
Sisic's release has been requested "out of humane and professional
reasons," the Yugoslav military explained.
Sisic was arrested on the Yugoslav-Hungarian border on May 9 based
on a warrant Croatia issued via Interpol. As a MIG pilot, Sisic on 7
January 1992 brought down an Organisation for Security and
Cooperation in Europe helicopter above the northern Croatian town
of Varazdin, killing five.
The Yugoslav military maintains Sisic "was professionally
performing his duty in the control and prevention of airspace
breaches," and that the OSCE helicopter "did not have permission to
fly towards Zagreb."
Croatia sentenced Sisic in absentia to 20 years in prison. Under
Hungarian regulations, the Croatian Justice Ministry is obliged to
submit an official request for Sisic's extradition within 40 days.
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