KLA war crimes group to face retrial

The Court of Appeals in Belgrade overturned the ruling that sent KLA's Gnjilane Group to a total of 101 years in prison for murder of civilians in 1999.

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Thursday, 05.01.2012.

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The Court of Appeals in Belgrade overturned the ruling that sent KLA's Gnjilane Group to a total of 101 years in prison for murder of civilians in 1999. The nine former members of the ethnic Albanian so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) will now face retrial. KLA war crimes group to face retrial According to the same verdict, Agus Memisi, Faton Hajdari, Samet Hajdar, Sadik Selimon will remain in detention until further notice. The indictees were remanded in custody in Presevo on December 26, 2008, the court published on its website. Other suspects were released from detention at the end of 2010, but they were forbidden from leaving their place of residence in Presevo. The first-instance verdict was quashed due to serious violation of the criminal proceedings, the fact that the statement of reasons fails to mention certain facts, while the reasons offered are elusive and contradictory to a great extent, the release reads. The quashed decision sentenced Agus Memisi, Selimon Sadiku, Samet Hajdari to 15 years in prison, and Nazif Hasani, Burim Fazliju, Faton Hajdari, Ahmet Hasani to 10 years in prison, as well as Ferat Hajdari and Kamber Sahiti to 8 years in prison. The Serbian War Crimes Prosecutors Office charged the indictees with killing dozens of Serbs, Roma, and also ethnic Albanians in the territory of Gnjilane in the period from June to September 1999. Thirty-five civilians have been recorded as missing. According to the indictment, another 153 civilians were arrested, tortured and then released. Fazlija Ajdari, Redzep Alija, Sacir Saciri, who were staff officers at the KLA operational center, are still on the run, so they were tried in absentia, on charges of ordering the atrocities to be committed. Tanjug

KLA war crimes group to face retrial

According to the same verdict, Agus Memisi, Faton Hajdari, Samet Hajdar, Sadik Selimon will remain in detention until further notice. The indictees were remanded in custody in Preševo on December 26, 2008, the court published on its website.

Other suspects were released from detention at the end of 2010, but they were forbidden from leaving their place of residence in Preševo.

The first-instance verdict was quashed due to serious violation of the criminal proceedings, the fact that the statement of reasons fails to mention certain facts, while the reasons offered are elusive and contradictory to a great extent, the release reads.

The quashed decision sentenced Agus Memisi, Selimon Sadiku, Samet Hajdari to 15 years in prison, and Nazif Hasani, Burim Fazliju, Faton Hajdari, Ahmet Hasani to 10 years in prison, as well as Ferat Hajdari and Kamber Sahiti to 8 years in prison.

The Serbian War Crimes Prosecutors Office charged the indictees with killing dozens of Serbs, Roma, and also ethnic Albanians in the territory of Gnjilane in the period from June to September 1999. Thirty-five civilians have been recorded as missing.

According to the indictment, another 153 civilians were arrested, tortured and then released.

Fazlija Ajdari, Redzep Alija, Sacir Saciri, who were staff officers at the KLA operational center, are still on the run, so they were tried in absentia, on charges of ordering the atrocities to be committed.

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