WORK OF POLICE IN DANUBE REGION IS SATISFACTORY - INTERIOR MINISTER

( Editorial: --> 1206 ) VUKOVAR, March 20 (Hina) - The work of police in the Croatian Danube River region is satisfactory, and in some parts excellent, Interior Minister Ivan Penic said on Friday in Vukovar. He emphasised that the security situation in every instance was not a reason for Serbs leaving the Danube region. Penic was in Vukovar on Friday to participate in a meeting of Police Sector department heads. Following the meeting, Ministry of the Interior (MUP) representatives held a press conference. In answer to journalists' questions on whether the police had at their disposal correct information on the number of departing Serbs, Assistant Interior Minister Josko Moric said the MUP did not have such figures. On claims by Serb representatives about alleged regular disappearances of Serbs in the Croatian Danube region, Moric said he knew of only one case. This involved a person who engaged in the disposal of counterfeit foreign currency, disappeared from the Danube region with a passport and, which a criminal investigation confirmed, was last seen in Yugoslavia. (Hina) jn mb /as 201952 MET mar 98