USORA CRATS PROTEST WAYLAYING AND BEATING UP OF THEIR OFFICIALS

USORA, Jan 26 (Hina) - The Usora branch of the Croatian Democratic Union party of Bosnia-Herzegovina (HDZ B-H) and the local Croatian Defence Council (HVO) Command today wrote to Bosnian Federation Vice-President Ejup Ganic about the "complicated" situation in Usora, caused by Tesanj police. "Threats and attacks on Croats and their property, perpetrated by Moslem police, are escalating on a daily basis," the letter said. The letter described yesterday's waylaying of Usora Mayor Franjo Bratic and local HDZ leader Josip Kurevija by five Moslem policemen from Tesanj. Kurevija was beaten up. "This attack is only one of the 120 attacks on HVO members and other Croats that have taken place in the past few months," the letter said. "It is regrettable that such things are now happening in an area where Moslems and Croats have fought the Serb aggressors together, and where there has not been a single conflict between the Bosnian army and the HVO during the Moslem-Croat war elsewhere in Bosnia," the letter said. "It is high time for the (Moslem-led) Party of Democratic Action and the Bosnian Government to take efficient steps to prevent Moslem-Croat conflicts," the letter concluded. (hina) mm as 261552 MET jan 95