BOSNIAN CROAT VLATKO BUZUK TAKEN INTO ONE-MONTH CUSTODY

SARAJEVO, Sept 5 (Hina) - Bosnian Croat Vlatko Buzuk has received a one month detention with an extension possibility, at a pre-trial hearing in Sarajevo, Sarajevo's daily "Vecernje novine" said Tuesday. Buzuk was arrested by Sarajevo police at the Orasje border crossing Friday after an arrest warrant was issued by the Sarajevo Canton Court and brought before an investigative judge Saturday. The investigative judge, Izet Bazdarevic, told Vecernje novine Buzuk had pleaded not guilty on charges of war crimes against civilians at the arraignment. Details of the indictment against Buzuk are as yet unknown. Canton prosecutor Mustafa Bisic said they would remain unknown in the interest of the ongoing investigation. The court's most important worry at the moment is to decide on which witnesses should be included in the witness protection programme. Various media had reported that Buzuk was arrested under suspicion that he had committed or participated in war crimes in central Bosnia during the Homeland War. It has been reported that Buzuk was on a list of suspects who committed war crimes in Stupni Do near Vares where members of the Croatian Council of Defence killed between 16 and 38 Bosniaks (Moslems) in autumn of 1993. (hina) lml