THE HAGUE/ZAGREB, Oct 22 (Hina) - The spokeswoman for the office of the prosecutor of the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Florence Hartmann, on Wednesday would not confirm or deny the information that the prosecutor's office had
dropped charges against Croatian army general Luka Dzanko.
THE HAGUE/ZAGREB, Oct 22 (Hina) - The spokeswoman for the office of
the prosecutor of the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Florence
Hartmann, on Wednesday would not confirm or deny the information
that the prosecutor's office had dropped charges against Croatian
army general Luka Dzanko. #L#
Dzanko's lawyer Nenad Boban was quoted by Croatia media on
Wednesday as saying that he had been notified by tribunal
investigator Ken Scott that the tribunal would not issue an
indictment against his client.
Scott questioned General Dzanko as a suspect in the tribunal's
offices in Zagreb in July this year.
No comment on that report. Investigators from the office of the
prosecutor contact various people to inform them of their status,
Hartmann told Hina by telephone.
She added that the office of the prosecutor did not have the
practice of giving information about investigators' contacts.
"The prosecutor called me in my office on Monday and told me that the
Hague tribunal would not issue any indictment against General
Dzanko. They gave me the authority to inform my client and, if I
thought it necessary, the public," attorney Nenad Boban told the
Slobodna Dalmacija daily.
The office of the prosecutor of the Hague tribunal suspected Dzanko
of humanitarian law violations on the southern front where he was
posted as a military commander from 1991 to 1993.
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