CROATIA IS WORKING ON SAKIC'S EXTRADITION - HRANJSKI

( Editorial: --> 6626 ) ZAGREB, April 14 (Hina) - The Croatian State Attorney's office is taking immediate and comprehensive action so that all formal and legal preconditions for the issuing of a request for the extradition of former commander of the Jasenovac concentration camp Dinko Sakic from Argentina to Croatia, could be met, Croatia's State Attorney Marijan Hranjski told Hina on Tuesday. In order to issue a request for extradition, certain formal and legal preconditions have to be met, said Hranjski. According to the Croatian legislation, those included the issuing of an indictment, a decision on detention or some other legal act, Hranjski said. The State Attorney's office is taking all necessary measures to fulfil those conditions and is gathering data from the Croatian State Archives. The Interior Ministry is participating in the procedure as well. The former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) did not seek the extradition of Sakic although he was declared war criminal by the World Commission in 1945, Hranjski said. The investigation against Sakic will be carried out as soon as possible and with no reserve whatsoever, he added. The Croatian Justice Ministry confirmed that it would send a request for Sakic's extradition to the Argentinean authorities immediately after it issues an indictment against him. (hina) rm 141358 MET apr 98