Former Ustasha's health to be appraised

Austria will have a Swiss expert determine if former Croat Ustasha official Milivoj Ašner is capable of standing trial.

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Friday, 22.08.2008.

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Austria will have a Swiss expert determine if former Croat Ustasha official Milivoj Asner is capable of standing trial. The Simon Wiesenthal Center accused Austria of protecting the 95 year-old Asner, after which Austria decided to call in an expert to end the speculation, a court official stated. Former Ustasha's health to be appraised Klagenfurt court spokesperson Norbert Jenny said that the Swiss expert will be officially called next week. The experts is Marc Graf, a forensic psychiatrist from Basel and a member of the Swiss commission for determining the psychological condition of criminals. The Wiesenthal Center in Vienna called on an expert to be hired, after Austria claimed that Asner cannot be extradited to Croatia because he is senile. Suspicion of these claims increased after the British tabloid Sun published a picture of him sitting with fans at a Euro 2008 football match, earlier this summer. Asner, who has been living in Klagenfurt for years, has given several interviews after having his picture published. Croatia wants Asner, the fourth on the list of most wanted Second World War criminals, extradited. He is wanted in connection to crimes against Serbs, Jews and Romas in Croatia, during the reign of a puppet Nazi regime there. Asner was the chief of the Ustasha police in Slavonska Pozega and is believed to be responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Serbs, Jews and Romas. Earlier, a Klagenfurt court threw out a request for extraditing Asner to Croatia in 2007, stating that he was not psychologically fit to stand trial.

Former Ustasha's health to be appraised

Klagenfurt court spokesperson Norbert Jenny said that the Swiss expert will be officially called next week.

The experts is Marc Graf, a forensic psychiatrist from Basel and a member of the Swiss commission for determining the psychological condition of criminals.

The Wiesenthal Center in Vienna called on an expert to be hired, after Austria claimed that Ašner cannot be extradited to Croatia because he is senile.

Suspicion of these claims increased after the British tabloid Sun published a picture of him sitting with fans at a Euro 2008 football match, earlier this summer.

Ašner, who has been living in Klagenfurt for years, has given several interviews after having his picture published.

Croatia wants Ašner, the fourth on the list of most wanted Second World War criminals, extradited.

He is wanted in connection to crimes against Serbs, Jews and Romas in Croatia, during the reign of a puppet Nazi regime there.

Ašner was the chief of the Ustasha police in Slavonska Požega and is believed to be responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Serbs, Jews and Romas.

Earlier, a Klagenfurt court threw out a request for extraditing Ašner to Croatia in 2007, stating that he was not psychologically fit to stand trial.

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