REFUGEES WITH RECONSTRUCTED HOMES TOLD TO ABANDON OTHERS' FLATS

( Editorial: --> 0090 ) TRAVNIK, July 27 (Hina) - New records show 14,634 flats in the Central Bosnia Canton are under social ownership which means about 60,000 refugees and displaced people should be able to return to their homes, says Canton Urban Planning, Zoning and Environment Minister Zdenko Antunovic. He said of this number, about 7,925 flats were under Bosniak (Muslim) control. "Reconstructed villages, mostly Bosniak, are empty, while people continue to reside in (others') flats to which they do not have any rights," Antunovic said. "In order to realise the legal right on buying flats, a tenant has to first take possession of it and this is one of the key barriers in the return process in our canton." Antunovic said he had written a letter to international Deputy High Representative Hanns Schumacher explaining the situation. (Hina) mbr jn /lml 271650 MET jul 98