STOLAC POLICE CHIEF WITHDRAWN FROM DUTIES

( Editorial: --> 9159 ) MOSTAR, 3 Feb (Hina) - The head of police in Stolac was suspended from duty on Tuesday after a series of incidents which occurred in the southern town in Bosnia-Herzegovina last month. The public relations office of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton's Interior Ministry announced on Tuesday that because of the incidents in Stolac municipality, the Commissioner of the International Police Task Force (IPTF) in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Manfred Seitner, "revoked the licence of the head of Stolac's Police Department, Jozo Matic". Because of this the Canton Interior Minister Valentin Coric suspended Jozo Matic from duty and replaced him with Mirko Boskovic, the ministry's statement said. (Hina) jn mb 032141 MET feb 98