HERZEGOVINA-NERETVA PREFECT DEMANDS THAT RETURN BE FROZEN

( Editorial: --> 5167 ) MOSTAR, Oct 2 (Hina/Habena) - Following Thursday's incidents in Tasovcici, Herzegovina-Neretva Canton Prefect Zeljko Obradović demanded that the planned return of Muslim refugees to the Capljina municipality area be frozen, Herzeg-Bosnian news agency Habena reported. At today's meeting with the heads of regional offices of the international community's High Representative and OSCE in Mostar, David Foley and Martin Garrod, Prefect Obradovic made a suggestion to jointly monitor the situation in order to prevent future conflicts. Asked what he would do to prevent the violence against Croat refugees who do not have any real chance to return to their homes, Garrod said that, according to all reports received, SFOR troops had reacted in a professional manner. Responding to a journalists' claim that, according to the medical centre in Capljina, nine persons were injured during SFOR's breaking of a roadblock yesterday, Foley said that he had not received any such reports. (Hina) is/rml 022136 MET oct 98