MOSTAR, Feb 10 (Hina) - An investigative hearing against Ante Jelavic, accused of abuse of office, was held before the Sarajevo Cantonal Court on Tuesday, Jelavic's lawyer Josip Muselimovic told Hina.
MOSTAR, Feb 10 (Hina) - An investigative hearing against Ante Jelavic,
accused of abuse of office, was held before the Sarajevo Cantonal
Court on Tuesday, Jelavic's lawyer Josip Muselimovic told Hina.#L#
"The Cantonal Court in Sarajevo today concluded that Jelavic had
received the summons for today's hearing in a proper manner at his
Mostar address, which means that there was no need for Jelavic's
forcible arrest on 23 January," Muselimovic said, referring to the
operation of Jelavic's arrest which was carried out by special police
forces of the Croat-Muslim federation and the NATO-led peace-keepers
(SFOR) last month.
The lawyer said that it was interesting that proceedings against
Jelavic were also being conducted by the State Court of
Bosnia-Herzegovina on the same charges, and added that he was against
transferring the case to the state court.
On Tuesday, Muselimovic also visited Jelavic in the Kula prison
(outside Sarajevo), located on the territory of the Serb entity, where
his client has been kept in custody. He said that Jelavic was feeling
very well and that some Bosniak (Muslim) intellectuals from Sarajevo
had visited Jelavic in prison.
Jelavic, a former member of Bosnia-Herzegovina's collective presidency
and former leader of the Croatian Democratic Union of B-H, hopes to be
released after his month-long detention.
(Hina) ms sb