CROATIA REJECTS U.N. SPOKESMAN'S STATEMENT ON HOUSE PLUNDERING

ZAGREB, May 4 (Hina) - The Croatian Defence Ministry today energetically rejected a statement by UN spokesman Christopher Gunness that Croatian troops were plundering houses in the liberated town of Okucani. The statement, made at a press conference in Zagreb today, was described as inaccurate and ungrounded. "The truth is that the first day Okucani was liberated there were attempts by individuals to enter houses without authorization and take away other people's property. Those were two civilian persons who were apprehended and handed over to the investigating magistrate. Therefore the statement by the UN spokesman can be interpreted as biassed, formulated obviously with some other intentions," a Defence Ministry statement said. (hina) jn vm 041900 MET may 95