BELGRADE, March 31 (Hina) - Slobodan Milosevic will not be arrested to be surrendered to UN's war crimes tribunal in The Hague nor on war crimes charges, but for abuse of power and economic crimes, Serbian Interior Minister Dusan
Mihajlovic said on Saturday. The former Yugoslav head of state has not been arrested by 10.00 hours on Saturday even though his villa in Belgrade has been under siege since Friday evening. Mihajlovic has told a news conference Milosevic is under house arrest which will last until his appearance in court, where he will account for charges of abuse of power and economic crimes. The minister said the police authorised to arrest Milosevic had attempted to do so during the night but Milosevic refused to surrender, saying he "is not going to prison alive." Police earlier officially said Milosevic would be arrested when "estimates of the arrest" showed that it could be carr
BELGRADE, March 31 (Hina) - Slobodan Milosevic will not be arrested
to be surrendered to UN's war crimes tribunal in The Hague nor on war
crimes charges, but for abuse of power and economic crimes, Serbian
Interior Minister Dusan Mihajlovic said on Saturday.
The former Yugoslav head of state has not been arrested by 10.00
hours on Saturday even though his villa in Belgrade has been under
siege since Friday evening.
Mihajlovic has told a news conference Milosevic is under house
arrest which will last until his appearance in court, where he will
account for charges of abuse of power and economic crimes.
The minister said the police authorised to arrest Milosevic had
attempted to do so during the night but Milosevic refused to
surrender, saying he "is not going to prison alive."
Police earlier officially said Milosevic would be arrested when
"estimates of the arrest" showed that it could be carried out
without serious consequences.
Belgrade-based daily Politika says in today's issue Milosevic's
arrest was prevented by the Yugoslav Armed Forces Chief-Of-Staff,
General Nebojsa Pavkovic. Yugoslav Interior Minister Zoran
Zivkovic confirmed this in a statement to a foreign radio station.
The Serbian government has convened a session for 11.00 hours when
an official statement surrounding the attempts to arrest Milosevic
will be released.
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