SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DECISION ON ALEKSOVSKI'S EXTRADITION

SPLIT, Oct 3 (Hina) - The Croatian Supreme Court has upheld a decision by the Split County Court to extradite Zlatko Aleksovski, indicted for crimes against the Moslem population in the Lasva river valley of central Bosnia, to the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague, Split County Court president Igor Benzon said on Thursday. Aleksovski had been arrested by Croatian police in the southern Adriatic port city of Split in June on the basis of an indictment by the Hague-based tribunal. The Split County Court passed a decision on his extradition in July. Aleksovski's extradition can be delayed only by the Minister of Justice if there are justified reasons, such as illness. (hina) vm jn 032053 MET oct 96