ZAGREB, June 9 (Hina) - Former justice minister and director of the Croatian Intelligence Agency (HIS), Miroslav Separovic, who was apprehended Tuesday night, has still not been brought before a Zagreb County Court investigative
judge. Separovic is currently at a Zagreb police station where one of his attorneys, Ante Madunic, spoke to reporters Wednesday. Madunic said Separovic had been arrested at 11pm Tuesday night, and he was told an hour later of what he was suspected. Police representative Josip Begovic said Wednesday morning "Separovic is suspected of having committed the crime of giving out a state secret and taking part in giving out a state secret". After Separovic was questioned at the police station until Wednesday morning, police said court police was expected to arrive and take him to the investigative judge, Madunic told reporters. Unless the investigative judge does not hear him, Separovic
ZAGREB, June 9 (Hina) - Former justice minister and director of the
Croatian Intelligence Agency (HIS), Miroslav Separovic, who was
apprehended Tuesday night, has still not been brought before a
Zagreb County Court investigative judge.
Separovic is currently at a Zagreb police station where one of his
attorneys, Ante Madunic, spoke to reporters Wednesday.
Madunic said Separovic had been arrested at 11pm Tuesday night, and
he was told an hour later of what he was suspected.
Police representative Josip Begovic said Wednesday morning
"Separovic is suspected of having committed the crime of giving out
a state secret and taking part in giving out a state secret".
After Separovic was questioned at the police station until
Wednesday morning, police said court police was expected to arrive
and take him to the investigative judge, Madunic told reporters.
Unless the investigative judge does not hear him, Separovic could
be brought to the county prison, Madunic said, adding it was
"possible that was the aim of all this".
He stressed prison was not obligatory for what his client was being
suspected of.
"It is very interesting that Separovic was questioned by members of
the department for fighting terrorism," Madunic said.
"Nothing was found to support the suspicion that he had given out
information to the Nacional weekly. Separovic gave nothing to
Nacional reporters. He is an honourable man and he would not stoop
to that level," Madunic said.
According to him, Separovic was very surprised and shocked with
what he was being accused of.
As regards documents that had been found in Separovic's flat during
a police search, Madunic said Separovic was still with the Office
for National Security, under which HIS is. As former director of
HIS, Separovic has the right to the HIS safe and to an official
vehicle, which carried him to the police station, he said.
"Besides, it is not a crime to have documents, but only if he had
given them to someone," Madunic stressed.
Saying police had treated Separovic correctly, Madunic stressed
Separovic was very tired because he was awake for more than 40 hours
now.
Zagreb's weekly Nacional published last week a text under the
heading "SZUP (the Agency for the Protection of Constitutional
Order) Rigged the Soccer Championships Under Order of Tudjman".
Refuting the weekly's claims, police initiated an investigation
into who gave reporters documents which are classified as a state
secret, parts of which were used in Nacional's article.
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