ICRC EXPECTS ALL BOSNIA POW'S TO BE RELEASED BY MONDAY

SARAJEVO, Jan 28 (Hina) - International Red Cross officials in Sarajevo said all remaining prisoners of war were expected to be released on Sunday or Monday at the latest. Bosnian Serbs were still holding 140 prisoners while the Moslem-led Bosnian army was holding 75 people in Dolac prison near Travnik, a spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Pierre Gothier, told a news conference Sunday. Gothier said that the Bosnian Croats had fulfilled their commitments from the peace agreement after releasing 127 POWs from Rodoc prison on Saturday. However, the Croat Defence Council (HVO) detained 50 persons on suspicion of criminal activities, to which it was entitled under the Dayton peace accord, he said. The ICRC expected the Serbs to release 80 POWs from prisons in Visegrad, Foca and Rogatica on Sunday. A total of 378 prisoners were set free in different parts of Bosnia on Saturday, only ten by Bosnian Serbs. Ten HVO members held by Serbs were released near Bocac, the ICRC said. Gothier said that an exchange of civilians had taken place in northwestern Bosnia without the knowledge of the ICRC. He added that 250 Serbs had left Bihac anc crossed into the Serb entity while 100 Moslems arrived from Banja Luka. Prisoner releases were stepped up after representatives of the international community had increased political contacts with the Bosnian parties in recent days, he said. Gothier said that ICRC officials would continue to visit prisons even after the release of registered prisoners and would check information on the existence of other prisons or unregistered detainees. (hina) vm 281553 MET jan 96