In mid-April, the Osijek County Court issued an indictment against Glavas and another six indictees, charging them with the war crime of killing civilians on the banks of the Drava river in Osijek in late 1991. Glavas was then taken into custody and the detention of the other six indictees who were already in custody was extended.
A few weeks later, the Zagreb County Court issued an indictment against Glavas charging him with war crimes in the case dubbed Garage case.
According to a statement issued on the website of the Office of the Chief State Prosecutor, Bajic asked for the transfer of the Sellotape case to Zagreb so as to thwart attempts of pressurising witnesses as well as to improve the performance and efficiency of the trial.
Supreme Court spokesman Drazen Tripalo on Tuesday confirmed that the court had received the request to this effect but he could not say when the Supreme Court would decide on the matter.
Last year, the Supreme Court President Branko Hrvatin granted similar leave when the prosecution asked for the transfer of the investigation into the Garage case from Osijek to Zagreb. The main reason for the request was the assessment made by the prosecution that witnesses in Osijek had been under pressure
A lawyer for Glavas, Ante Madunic, branded the latest request as bizarre.
The Osijek Court has proved to be able to carry out proceedings for the most serious crimes which are more demanding than the Garage case, Madunic told Hina today.
The lawyer said he was suspicious of the chief prosecutor's intentions.