ZAGREB MUNICIPAL PROSECUTOR FILES APPEAL AGAINST ACQUITTAL OF "FER

"FER $ AL" JOURNALISTS ZAGREB, Oct 10 (Hina) - A Zagreb municipal prosecutor lodged an appeal with the Zagreb Municipal Court on Thursday against the 26 September acquittal of the editor-in-chief and lead journalist of satirical and investigative weekly "Feral Tribune" who had been charged with libeling and insulting the Croatian President. "The municipal state attorney's office in Zagreb lodged an appeal to the Zagreb Municipal Court against the acquittal of Viktor Ivancic and Marinko Culic, charged with the criminal offense of libel and insult of Croatian President Franjo Tudjman through libelous and insulting reports, as well as through an insulting trick photograph in the paper "Feral Tribune", state prosecutor Marijan Hranjski said in a statement. "The appeal refutes the acquittal, because the Court significantly infringed the regulations of the criminal proceedings and wrongly determined the factual situation. "Reports of a minor part of the press give the impression that the ruling has been well-founded, although it is evident that the grounds of the acquittal will be evaluated by the Zagreb County Court," the statement concluded. (hina) ha vm jn 101441 MET oct 96