TODOROVIC WILL APPEAR BEFORE ICTY ON WEDNESDAY

( Editorial: --> 3928 ) THE HAGUE, Sept 29 (Hina) - Stevan Todorovic, a Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect, will appear on Wednesday before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to hear his charges and submit his plea. Todorovic was arrested on Sunday by the Stabilisation Force (SFOR). The Bosnian Serb is amongst five other persons accused of participating in the "terror campaign" started in April of 1992 against Croats and Muslims in the Bosanski Samac area, northern Bosnia-Herzegovina. Of the six accused in the "Bosanski Samac" case, Miroslav Tadic and Simo Zaric also held in custody by the ICTY along with Todorovic. Another indictee, Milan Simic, was released until the trial commences due to extenuating circumstances (physical disability). Indictee Slobodan Miljkovic was killed in Serbia in August, while war crimes suspect Blagoje Simic is still at large. Todorovic (aged 41), nicknamed Stiv, Stevo or Monster was the chief-of-police in Bosanski Samac, following the forcible take- over of authority in the town by the Serbian military and political authorities. /hina/ it/rml 291242 MET sep 98