NO CHARGES FILED AGAINST TUDJMANS

ZAGREB, Sept 5 (Hina) - No charges have been filed against anyone from the Tudjman family to the Croatian State Prosecutor's Office, Croatian Deputy State Prosecutor Slavko Zadnik said Tuesday. Zadnik said this to Hina after he was asked to comment on an interview Croatian President Stipe Mesic gave to The New York Times in which the President said that in Croatia investigations were being conducted regarding several cases which involved members of the Tudjman family. No charges have been filed to the Municipal nor the County State Prosecutor's Office, Zadnik said. He had no information on whether an investigation was being conducted by the police or some financial authorised body. Spokesman of the Croatian Interior Ministry Slavko Rako refused to comment on possible investigations against members of the Tudjman family. Miroslav Tudjman, the son of the late Croatian President, Franjo Tudjman, denied on Tuesday on the Croatian radio that certain members of his family gained fortune in an illegal way. He reiterated that his family in February demanded that the Croatian Government investigate all data regarding the state of assets of all members of the family which were forwarded to the Government. According to Miroslav Tudjman, the data show that nobody from the Tudjman family gained property through privatisation, therefore there are no grounds for speculation. Miroslav Tudjman expects the Government to vote its opinion on the issue in the near future. (hina) it jn