Fehir filed the charges with Chief Public Prosecutor Mladen Bajic through his defence counsel Ante Nobilo. According to him, Skare Ozbolt said in a Croatian Television political talk show that Fehir should be detained and reiterated her view in her statements for the press.
Nobilo recommended that Bajic request the Croatian Parliament to strip Skare Ozbolt of parliamentary immunity and put her on trial.
Skare Ozbolt reiterated on Thursday that it was unacceptable that a person who had admitted shooting at other people had not been suspended from work, that that person was a police officer and that he regularly received his pay.
"It's against all logic. I drew attention to it and will keep on doing so, because it sets a precedent in the functioning of the legal system," the former justice minister told reporters in comment on the information that Fehir had brought charges against her.
The Ministry of the Interior could not say whether Fehir, given the fact that he was the subject of a war crimes investigation, was still on the police force or had been suspended until completion of the criminal proceedings.
According to Fehir's lawyer, the former justice minister committed the crime of coercion against a judicial official because before a final court judgement was delivered she had expressed her views in public as to what course of action a judicial official should pursue or what kind of judgement he should make, which is in contravention of the Criminal Code.
A spokeswoman for the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office confirmed on Thursday that the Office had received Fehir's application, but could not give any other details.
In 1991 Fehir was a member of a military unit in the eastern city of Osijek which was commanded by independent member of Parliament Branimir Glavas. Both men are suspects in a criminal investigation into crimes committed against Serb civilians in Osijek.
The first investigative hearing was set for Monday, July 17.