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Probe against Glavas resumes before Zagreb County Court

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ZAGREB, Feb 19 (Hina) - An investigation against independent member of parliament Branimir Glavas, suspected of war crimes against Serb civilians in Osijek in late 1991, resumed before the Zagreb County Court on Monday with an investigative hearing of ten defence witnesses.
ZAGREB, Feb 19 (Hina) - An investigation against independent member of parliament Branimir Glavas, suspected of war crimes against Serb civilians in Osijek in late 1991, resumed before the Zagreb County Court on Monday with an investigative hearing of ten defence witnesses.

The probe in the case, dubbed the Garage Case, was suspended in the end of 2006 due to the poor health of the suspect after he was on a 36-day hunger strike. Glavas did not attend today's hearing as he was advised by doctors to avoid exposure to stress.

One of the witnesses whom Judge Zdenko Posavec questioned today was the head of the military intelligence agency (VSOA), Gordan Cacic, who was engaged in the defence of the eastern city of Osijek in 1991.

A lawyer for Glavas, Ante Madunic, said Cacic had testified about the events from the relevant period, and he could not see anything incriminating for his client in that testimony.

The investigation is to be completed on Tuesday with the questioning of another ten defence witnesses.

After that, Judge Posavec will transfer the case back to the Zagreb office of the Chief State Prosecutor to decide whether it will ask for additional investigative operations or whether it will issue an indictment.

Another investigation against Glavas, in the so-called Sellotape Case, resumed last Wednesday before the Osijek County Court after it was suspended on 20 December when Glavas was declared unfit to follow the proceedings.

Glavas and another six people are suspected of involvement in war crimes against several Serb civilians by the Drava River. In the Sellotape case, 10 victims were killed and one who survived the execution now lives in Serbia.

After the resumption of the investigation in that case, Glavas's lawyer Marko Dumancic told reporters in Osijek that about 100 prosecution witnesses had been interviewed so far and none blamed Glavas for the said case. The defence team is going to propose the questioning of a score of witnesses.

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