Released JNA officer says he is not guilty

I am sorry about all the victims of the conflicts, but I’m not guilty of Ovčara, former Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA) officer Veselin Šljivančanin told B92.

Izvor: B92

Sunday, 10.07.2011.

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I am sorry about all the victims of the conflicts, but I’m not guilty of Ovcara, former Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA) officer Veselin Sljivancanin told B92. “I am not expressing remorse for the crimes I was accused of since I know I did not commit the crimes,” he said after he had returned from The Hague. Released JNA officer says he is not guilty He served 10 years in the Hague Tribunal for murder and torture of Croat prisoners at Ovcara. The court made a unanimous decision to release him and his defense was the only one that managed to overturn the verdict and persuade the court that the Appeal Chamber had made a mistake by increasing his sentence from five to 17 years in prison. The Hague Tribunal president stated that Sljivancanin “expressed regret over all horrific events, not only in Vukovar but across the former Yugoslavia”. He, however, “did not express regret over his crimes because he did not see the victims’ fate as a result of his actions”. The former JNA officers said earlier he was sorry about “all the victims in the former Yugoslavia”. The Hague Tribunal judge pointed out that Sljivancanin had behaved well in the detention unit where he used to help out in the library and helped reorganize the unit for the benefit of all inmates. The former JNA officer said he had said goodbye to everybody, including Croat General Ante Gotivina, when he left The Hague. He pointed out he would like to meet with Serbia’s Labor and Social Policy Minister Rasim Ljajic, who had been very helpful during the time he had spent in prison. Veselin Sljivancanin (FoNet, file)

Released JNA officer says he is not guilty

He served 10 years in the Hague Tribunal for murder and torture of Croat prisoners at Ovčara.

The court made a unanimous decision to release him and his defense was the only one that managed to overturn the verdict and persuade the court that the Appeal Chamber had made a mistake by increasing his sentence from five to 17 years in prison.

The Hague Tribunal president stated that Šljivančanin “expressed regret over all horrific events, not only in Vukovar but across the former Yugoslavia”. He, however, “did not express regret over his crimes because he did not see the victims’ fate as a result of his actions”.

The former JNA officers said earlier he was sorry about “all the victims in the former Yugoslavia”.

The Hague Tribunal judge pointed out that Šljivančanin had behaved well in the detention unit where he used to help out in the library and helped reorganize the unit for the benefit of all inmates.

The former JNA officer said he had said goodbye to everybody, including Croat General Ante Gotivina, when he left The Hague.

He pointed out he would like to meet with Serbia’s Labor and Social Policy Minister Rasim Ljajić, who had been very helpful during the time he had spent in prison.

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