TWO WITNESSES IN SAKIC TRIAL COMPLAIN OF TELEPHONE HARASSMENT

ZAGREB, Apr 16 (Hina) - The vice president of Zagreb's County Court, Damir Kos, on Friday told reporters two witnesses who testified in the trial of war crimes suspect Dinko Sakic complained of having been harassed over the telephone by unknown persons. Kos said the Court had notified the police and reiterated all measures were being taken to make sure that witnesses have undisturbed and safe access to the court building, including a special method of entering and leaving the building. "There is no possibility for the witnesses to be contacted by anyone in front of the court building," Kos said. He announced testimonies by Jesua Abinum and Ivo Senjanovic from Split and Ivan Palcec from Rijeka for next week. Kos said the panel of judges was expecting a complaint from attorney Cedo Prodanovic, whose request that Lea Prasek, Ildika Ivanjic- Petrovic, Nenad Poznanovic, Noemi Massarola, Mihajlo Maric, and Josip Erlich be given injured party status had been turned down. If Prodanovic's complaint was received by April 19, it would be forwarded to the Supreme Court, Kos said. Asked why some witnesses' faces were not being shown, the Zagreb County Court vice president said that was a request made by the witnesses themselves, which the panel of judges respects in the belief that their faces are of no importance for the wider public. Kos added he had no information on whether witnesses from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Bosnian Serb entity had received the summons to appear in court, or if they were willing to come to Croatia at all. "The court has been notified by the Croatian Embassy in Israel that an Israeli witness has expressed the desire to testify, while another, due to poor health, doesn't know if he will be able to testify," Kos said. (hina) ha