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ZAGREB, June 26 (Hina) - Croatian State Attorney Marijan Hranjski
on Friday told Hina he "knows absolutely nothing" of requests by the
World War II Jasenovac concentration camp commander Dinko Sakic to
be tried by an authorised Croatian court.
"This is the first time I hear this," Hranjski said.
A US citizen of Bosnian Croat origin, Ekrem Spahic, on June 24 told
Voice of America that Sakic wrote to him saying he had requested on
three occasions that an authorised Croatian court try him for
alleged acts he had committed in the defence of his homeland, the
Independent State of Croatia.
Asked to comment on a statement by the Argentinean Simon Wiesenthal
Centre that Argentina should also extradite Sakic's wife Esperanza
to Croatia, State Attorney Hranjski said that for the time being he
could not comment "on some facts which are being presented as
political and not expert estimations."
"We can start something only after we have inspected the facts,"
Hranjski told Hina in a phone interview.
The Croatian State Attorney's Office is independently assessing
the evidence and whether there is a basis for initiating certain
proceedings.
"When the proceedings against Sakic were started, Milan Bulajic
(Belgrade Genocide Museum director) tried to impose from Belgrade
his political speculations on that case as well," Hranjski said
adding that the State Attorney's office was not fascinated with
speculations.
By initiating proceedings against Sakic we have shown readiness to
apply the legal and criminal procedure on any individual charged
with the gravest crimes, Hranjski said adding he refuted any
attempt aimed at questioning the objective approach to any crime.
"I find any meddling into or estimations about the Sakic case and
other possible proceedings to be more politically motivated than
aimed at establishing responsibility for committed crimes...the
more so should some from abroad try to blame Croatia for
fascistisation. It is exactly with the legal proceedings that
Croatia will show its independence in the judiciary and its
aspirations towards western European judicial standards,"
Hranjski said.
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