NADA SAKIC RELEASED FROM PRISON

ZAGREB, Feb 1 (Hina) - Esperanza (Nada) Tambic de Bilanovic Sakic was released on Monday evening from the Zagreb County prison after the State Attorney's Office in Zagreb today terminated her prosecution. The State Attorney's Office said in a statement today the pre-trial investigation did not confirm suspicions that Sakic (born 1926) had committed a war crime against civilian population during World War II. Sakic's court-appointed attorney Branko Seric told reporters Sakic wished to stay in Zagreb and was not going to leave Croatia. The main reason she is going to stay in Croatia is that Yugoslav authorities are still conducting proceedings against her and demand her extradition, Seric said adding there was "not even a theoretical possibility that that might happen, because Mrs Sakic is a Croatian citizen". Asked how she felt, Sakic said she felt excellent and was very happy that the proceedings ended the way they did. On July 28, last year, the Zagreb County Court decided to initiate an investigation against Esperanza Tambic de Bilanovic Sakic, suspected of having committed a war crime as a member of an Ustasha unit at the Stara Gradiska concentration camp. Argentina extradited Sakic to Croatia on November 2, and she remained in custody until today. (hina) rml