ICTY ACCEPTS DEFENCE OBJECTIONS TO INDICTMENT AGAINST GEN. ADEMI

ZAGREB, Nov 15 (Hina) - The International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Thursday accepted objections by defence counsel to an indictment against General Rahim Ademi, Ademi's attorney Cedo Prodanovic told Hina on the phone on Thursday. "The judge has accepted the defence's objection to the indictment against General Ademi and the indictment has been returned to the prosecution, which must submit an amended version by November 26," Prodanovic said. The defence objected to the form of the indictment, saying it was unclear and did not specify documents which should provide evidence supporting persecution charges. The defence also claimed that there was no evidence on factual claims from the indictment, i.e. the indictment did not include any order by General Ademi or information on the place and time of some crimes he is charged with. Judge Almiro Rodriguez partially accepted the defence's request and gave the prosecution a 14-day deadline to submit a list of all material evidence on persecution, and the names of 15 victims whose names were not stated in the original indictment, as well as the place and date of incidents involving other victims mentioned in the indictment, and information on other criminal acts cited in the indictment. The ICTY prosecution charges General Ademi with crimes against Serb residents of the Medak Pocket in September 1993, and crimes against humanity and violations of the law or customs of war. General Ademi surrendered to the ICTY on July 25 and pleaded not guilty to the charges. (hina) sb rml