ZAGREB, June 18 (Hina) - A Croatian Interior Ministry representative told reporters in Zagreb on Friday the police had acted in line with the law during a recent search of the flat of former Croatian Intelligence Service (HIS) head
Miroslav Separovic, and that there had been no pressure on police work. The document the police were looking for, one bearing the secret of state seal, was not found in the HIS safe in Separovic's flat, but some 200 other documents were, Assistant Interior Minister Zeljko Sacic said. "In the presence of an authorised HIS employee, we determined there was one document bearing the 'military secret' seal which Separovic received after leaving the position of HIS head. We were therefore bound by law to establish who had given the document to Separovic," Sacic said. This was also the reason why Separovic had to be detained, he added. Speaking about the "Nacional" we
ZAGREB, June 18 (Hina) - A Croatian Interior Ministry
representative told reporters in Zagreb on Friday the police had
acted in line with the law during a recent search of the flat of
former Croatian Intelligence Service (HIS) head Miroslav
Separovic, and that there had been no pressure on police work.
The document the police were looking for, one bearing the secret of
state seal, was not found in the HIS safe in Separovic's flat, but
some 200 other documents were, Assistant Interior Minister Zeljko
Sacic said.
"In the presence of an authorised HIS employee, we determined there
was one document bearing the 'military secret' seal which Separovic
received after leaving the position of HIS head. We were therefore
bound by law to establish who had given the document to Separovic,"
Sacic said.
This was also the reason why Separovic had to be detained, he
added.
Speaking about the "Nacional" weekly case, Sacic said police were
still looking for the person who submitted confidential documents
to the weekly.
Separovic's flat was searched by the Department for the Prevention
of Terrorism because, Sacic said, "there is no department for
secrets of state," exclusively formal reasons are at hand.
At the same press conference, Interior Minister Ivan Penic assessed
the security situation in Croatia as favourable.
Security services are under special surveillance of the Office for
National Security Surveillance Service, he said, adding the work of
security services will also be discussed by parliament.
General crime was on the decrease, but organised, especially white
collar crime was on the rise, Penic concluded.
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