UN DISSATISFIED WITH PROCEDURE OF SARAJEVO POLICE

( Editorial: --> 0519 ) SARAJEVO, Feb 9 (Hina) - The U.N. Mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina believes that the apprehension of a Bosnian Serb suspected of killing a Bosnian Government member in 1993, has been carried out with unallowed use of force and under suspicious circumstances, UN spokesman in Sarajevo Alexander Ivanko said on Monday. The circumstances of the arrest of Bosnian Serb Goran Vasic are being investigated, Ivanko told reporters in Sarajevo. The head of the U.N. Mission in Bosnia Elizabeth Rehn has joined in shedding some light on the case and there is evidence that Vasic was beaten up during the arrest, he added. It has also been established that persons who arrested Vasic were carrying long-barrel weapons, the use of which is prohibited with civil police, Ivanko said. Vasic was arrested three days ago in Dobrinja, Sarajevo, on the Federation territory. The Sarajevo Canton Interior Ministry stated that Vasic was suspected of killing Hakija Turajlic, vice premier of the war-time Bosnian government in 1993. Turajlic was shot with seven bullets while he was in a U.N. armoured personnel carrier and under the protection of the then U.N. Protection Force (UNPROFOR). Ivanko could not confirm claims saying that Vasic was not arrested by regular Sarajevo police, but by the members of the Agency for Investigation and Documentation (AID), a Bosniak (Muslim) secret service which is not under control of legal bodies of authority. (hina) jn rm mrb 091439 MET feb 98