SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTRE HAILS EXTRADITION OF NADA SAKIC

ZAGREB, Nov 2 (Hina) - The Simon Wiesenthal Centre on Tuesday welcomed the extradition to Croatia of former concentration camp guard Nada Sakic (during the Independent State of Croatia, NDH 1941-1945) who arrived on Tiusday night in Zagreb , the Centre sid in a preess release issued on Tuesday. "This marks the second step in our efforts to bring this Holocaust perpetrator to the bar of justice (the first was her detention under house arrest in Argentina), and we now call upon the Croatian authorities to complete the process and put Mrs. Sakic on trial promptly without any delay whatsoever," said Efraim Zuroff, the Centre's Israel director who has headed the efforts in this case and submitted documents to the Croatian Justice Ministry regarding Mrs. Sakic during his recent visit to Croatia. "Mrs. Sakic's comments to the effect that her husband (Jasenovac concentration camp commander Dinko Sakic) was 'as innocent as a breast-feeding baby' sound increasingly hollow given her own arrest and extradition to stand for trial for Holocaust atrocities. The time has come for both members of this criminal couple to pay for their crimes, Zuroff added. (hina) lml