SEPAROVIC SATISFIED WITH DRUZAK'S TESTIMONY

ZAGREB, July 9 (Hina) - Following the Friday interrogation of former Croatian Intelligence Service (HIS) manager Tomislav Druzak in an investigation against Miroslav Separovic and Mario Baljkas for disclosing secrets of state, Separovic's attorney said the state attorney's office should drop the charges against his clients. Separovic managed HIS before Druzak, while Baljkas is a HIS employee, temporarily suspended on account of the investigation. The two are under investigation on suspicion of delivering confidential documents to weekly "Nacional". "Now it is clear that Miroslav Separovic and Marijo Baljkas have not committed any crime. The state attorney's office, were it a little wise, would drop the charges against them," Separovic's attorney Ivan Surjan said after Druzak's two-hour testimony before investigating judge Dzenko Konjic. According to Separovic, Druzak told Konjic he had no knowledge that Separovic and Baljkas had given reporters any confidential document, or that any document found in a HIS safe deposit box in Separovic's flat had been published in the press. "Druzak said he didn't even know we intended to do that," Separovic said. He assessed that "every day, there is more and more material evidence confirming (my) innocence." Separovic said he stood by his statement that the proceedings against him were initiated by Ivic Pasalic, an adviser to the Croatian President and high-ranking official of the ruling Croatian Democratic Union. "But it's not only him, there are others," Separovic said. Druzak, who promised a statement earlier today, gave none to the press. (hina) ha jn