“Dobrovoljačka case to be prosecuted in Bosnia”

Bosnia-Herzegovina Chief Prosecutor Milorad Barašin said that the Dobrovoljačka case would be prosecuted in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Izvor: Tanjug

Friday, 25.03.2011.

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Bosnia-Herzegovina Chief Prosecutor Milorad Barasin said that the Dobrovoljacka case would be prosecuted in Bosnia-Herzegovina. He added that the Bosnia-Herzegovina Prosecution was conducting an investigation into 15 suspects, including former Bosnia-Herzegovina Army General Jovan Divjak, who was recently arrested and then released on bail in Vienna. “Dobrovoljacka case to be prosecuted in Bosnia” Barasin told daily Politika that he could not confirm whether Ejup Ganic was among the suspects, but said the investigation would be "completed by the end of June." Divjak was arrested March 3 in Vienna, on a Serbian warrant for war crimes committed in Dobrovoljacka Street in Sarajevo in 1992. Both Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina are seeking Divjak's extradition, and Barasin said Serbia's War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic was to blame for the parallel investigations into the same crime. The Bosnian prosecutor pointed out that Vukcevic had been offering an agreement on sharing of evidence connected to the Dobrovoljacka case, but that he could not sign it unilaterally. "The positions of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Prosecution must be respected, Vukcevic has to relent on some issues and give in to our demands. This is the problem," he said. "We have been offered the same agreement that Serbia signed with Croatia, and I have been warning for years that that kind of agreement is not good for Bosnia-Herzegovina, or Serbia either, which was confirmed by the case of (Tihomir) Purda," he added. When a reporter commented that Vukcevic would not bend regarding Divjak's extradition to Serbia, Barasin said that Bosnia-Herzegovina was the one that had sent an extradition request for a crime which also happened in its territory. Asked when the investigation will be completed, he said that the prosecutor could not know this. "I gave the order that the investigation be completed by the end of June. Whether it will result in an indictment or the investigation will be called off, depends on the prosecutor's judgment and the evidence," he said. Asked if he can reveal the names of all 15 suspects in the Dobrovoljacka case, he said he could not give that information right now. “The suspects include Serbs, Croats and Bosniaks, and all of them will be prosecuted,” Barasin stressed.

“Dobrovoljačka case to be prosecuted in Bosnia”

Barašin told daily Politika that he could not confirm whether Ejup Ganić was among the suspects, but said the investigation would be "completed by the end of June."

Divjak was arrested March 3 in Vienna, on a Serbian warrant for war crimes committed in Dobrovoljačka Street in Sarajevo in 1992.

Both Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina are seeking Divjak's extradition, and Barašin said Serbia's War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukčević was to blame for the parallel investigations into the same crime.

The Bosnian prosecutor pointed out that Vukčević had been offering an agreement on sharing of evidence connected to the Dobrovoljačka case, but that he could not sign it unilaterally.

"The positions of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Prosecution must be respected, Vukčević has to relent on some issues and give in to our demands. This is the problem," he said.

"We have been offered the same agreement that Serbia signed with Croatia, and I have been warning for years that that kind of agreement is not good for Bosnia-Herzegovina, or Serbia either, which was confirmed by the case of (Tihomir) Purda," he added.

When a reporter commented that Vukčević would not bend regarding Divjak's extradition to Serbia, Barašin said that Bosnia-Herzegovina was the one that had sent an extradition request for a crime which also happened in its territory.

Asked when the investigation will be completed, he said that the prosecutor could not know this.

"I gave the order that the investigation be completed by the end of June. Whether it will result in an indictment or the investigation will be called off, depends on the prosecutor's judgment and the evidence," he said.

Asked if he can reveal the names of all 15 suspects in the Dobrovoljačka case, he said he could not give that information right now.

“The suspects include Serbs, Croats and Bosniaks, and all of them will be prosecuted,” Barašin stressed.

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