Ex-Đinđić associate denies he refused polygraph test

BELGRADE Zoran Janjusevic, a former associate of late Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic has told the Blic daily that claims he refused a polygraph test were "inaccurate." "I responded to the police summons and during the conversation, based on documents, we concluded that at the time of the murder of the journalist who was unknown to me, I was not employed by the government of Serbia." Ex-Djindjic associate denies he refused polygraph test "I did not have anything to do with with the privatization of Cementara, which according to the newspapers took place at the same time. We concluded that I had been a bankruptcy trustee of the Belgrade shipyard," Janjusevic said. Previously, the daily Danas reported it learned from the Commission for Investigating Murders of Journalists that ten people took the lie detector test, but that, in connection with the case of the murder of journalist Milan Panic, Janjusevic and Nemanja Kolesar refused. Janjusevic also said that he offered to the police "to leave the documentation," but that he was told that there was no need for that, as they "had everything." "In further conversation, I explained that I encountered for the first time the issue of murders of journalists and other unsolved murders in Serbia when I became a member of the Council for State Security. The rest of the conversation was related to the work of the council and the council members," said Janjusevic. He satressed that he was at no point offered to take a polygraph test, nor was this mentioned at all. "This is a personal attack on me by Mr. Veran Matic. Maybe people should see who they're dealing with, and who has been appointed to such an important position. His personal animosity towards me dates back to the time when I gave to the late prime minister a report on the illegal privatization of the media outlet B92," said Janjusevic. He added that he was "as always ready to suffer the consequences for everything that is proven." "So far, no accusation has been proven and I have not been convicted. I think it's time to try to look for satisfaction in courts in relation to the persons who are placing (the accusations), and to the state which allows them to do that," he was quoted as saying. President of the Commission Veran Matic told Blic that it was "complete nonsense to connect investigations with personal clashes" and that there was not a shred of truth to the claim, while the goal of such allegations was a distraction from important things. "I am not one of the persons who offer polygraph (tests), or decide who will be subjected to such an examination. The investigation has noting to do with the work of the Commission and these are two completely separate bodies. I think that individuals are eager to distract attention from the true things. No personal clash is in the slightest connected with investigations into the murder of journalists," Matic said. Zoran Janjusevic (file) Blic

Ex-Đinđić associate denies he refused polygraph test

"I did not have anything to do with with the privatization of Cementara, which according to the newspapers took place at the same time. We concluded that I had been a bankruptcy trustee of the Belgrade shipyard," Janjušević said.

Previously, the daily Danas reported it learned from the Commission for Investigating Murders of Journalists that ten people took the lie detector test, but that, in connection with the case of the murder of journalist Milan Panić, Janjušević and Nemanja Kolesar refused.

Janjušević also said that he offered to the police "to leave the documentation," but that he was told that there was no need for that, as they "had everything."

"In further conversation, I explained that I encountered for the first time the issue of murders of journalists and other unsolved murders in Serbia when I became a member of the Council for State Security. The rest of the conversation was related to the work of the council and the council members," said Janjušević.

He satressed that he was at no point offered to take a polygraph test, nor was this mentioned at all.

"This is a personal attack on me by Mr. Veran Matić. Maybe people should see who they're dealing with, and who has been appointed to such an important position. His personal animosity towards me dates back to the time when I gave to the late prime minister a report on the illegal privatization of the media outlet B92," said Janjušević.

He added that he was "as always ready to suffer the consequences for everything that is proven."

"So far, no accusation has been proven and I have not been convicted. I think it's time to try to look for satisfaction in courts in relation to the persons who are placing (the accusations), and to the state which allows them to do that," he was quoted as saying.

President of the Commission Veran Matić told Blic that it was "complete nonsense to connect investigations with personal clashes" and that there was not a shred of truth to the claim, while the goal of such allegations was a distraction from important things.

"I am not one of the persons who offer polygraph (tests), or decide who will be subjected to such an examination. The investigation has noting to do with the work of the Commission and these are two completely separate bodies. I think that individuals are eager to distract attention from the true things. No personal clash is in the slightest connected with investigations into the murder of journalists," Matić said.