CROATIAN DEPUTY JUSTICE MINISTER TOURS DISTRICT COURTS

NOVA GRADISKA, May 8 (Hina) - A deputy of Croatian Justice Minister, Miroslav Separovic, today met representatives of judicial bodies at the municipal court in Nova Gradiska. Separovic said he had toured district courts in Zagreb and Bjelovar as well as the centre for checks in Bjelovar. "Allegations that have been spread about inhuman conduct toward the detained persons are untrue and malicious, since they are treated very humanly," Separovic said. "At the moment there are 123 persons in prisons in Croatia, and they have been informed of their rights," Separovic said adding that those persons maintained that they had done nothing. He reiterated that those who had committed war crimes would be tried at Croatian courts. (hina) mm mms 082102 MET may 95