CROATIAN POLICEMEN PREVENTED FROM PARTICIPATING IN JOINT PATROLS I

I $ N HADZICI SARAJEVO, Feb 6 (Hina) - Croatian policemen had to leave the Sarajevo suburb of Hadzici this morning after receiving an ultimatum from the Implementation Force. According to Kiseljak- based police superintendent Mladen Tolo, 20 Croatian policemen had set out to join the Croat-Moslem patrols which were to police the Sarajevo neighbourhoods reintegrated back into the Federation. But they were not allowed to do so. The Kiseljak police department yesterday asked international police officials to issue Croatian policemen with credentials which would enable them to perform their duties, but this request was denied. "All we wanted was for our police to be included in the transfer of authority and to take part in the policing of Sarajevo neighbourhoods in accordance with the Bosnian Federation Internal Affairs Act," Tolo said. He stressed that the police force currently patrolling the Sarajevo neighbourhoods consisted only of Moslems. Following the withdrawal of Croat police forces, Bosnian Moslem police took over control of the Hadzici area in cooperation with IFOR and international police forces this morning. (hina) as 061108 MET mar 96