WAR CRIMES INVESTIGATORS VISIT BANJA LUKA

( Editorial: --> 5035 ) SARAJEVO, Feb 27 (Hina) - Investigators from the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) have arrived in Banja Luka, on instruction by the ICTY Head Prosecutor Louise Arbour, to collect information about inquests and trials in progress, said UN spokesman Aleksander Ivanko in Sarajevo on Friday. According to Ivanko, the procedure is being conducted with full cooperation by the local authorities of the Bosnian Serb entity and with the support of the Stabilisation Force (SFOR) and International Police Task Force (IPTF). According to the Office of the Head Prosecutor, this process is not tied with capturing suspected war criminals, said Ivanko. (hina) jn mrb 271445 MET feb 98