FAMILIES OF MISSING, DETAINED CROAT DEFENDERS TO GET SHARES

ZAGREB, Jan 31 (Hina) - Families of missing and detained Croatian defenders will have the right to receive shares worth 20,000 DEM. The Croatian Parliament's House of Representatives made the decision today after the deputies adopted amendments to the Law on the Privatisation and Ownership Transformation of Firms. The right to the same amount of shares has been already given to families of killed Croatian defenders, and disabled ex-service men wounded in the Homeland War who received amounts depending on the severity of disablement. The Government is due to propose acts in next 30 days on regulating the rights of civilian victims of the Homeland War in connection with the ownership transformation and privatisation of firms. The newly-appointed Privatisation Minister, Ivan Penic, said that to date 27,000 families of killed Croatian defenders and disabled ex-service men from the Homeland War had received shares. (hina) mar sd mms 312024 MET jan 95