Šešelj trial: Witness 004 takes stand

A protected witness at the Vojislav Šešelj said he didn’t know “whether volunteer troops were White Eagles or SRS members.”

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Tuesday, 12.02.2008.

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A protected witness at the Vojislav Seselj said he didn’t know “whether volunteer troops were White Eagles or SRS members.” “Mr. Seselj was the only person to come from Serbia to the Vocin region at that time, and that’s why they were presumed to be Serb Radical Party (SRS) volunteers, but I really don’t know whether they were members of that political party,” said protected witness 004. Seselj trial: Witness 004 takes stand He confirmed that a number of older civilians from the village of Vocin had been murdered in late 1991. The witness said that “people kept disappearing” and that four Croats had been killed, whose murders, he said, had been “ascribed to volunteers who did that sort of thing to the locals.” However, he added that he had not witnessed the crimes, as he had lived 50km from Vocin and the other places that had been mentioned. “The prosecution is taking the witness through hearsay, and that kind of testimony, when the witness says ‘I heard’ and not ‘I saw’ or ‘I was there’ cannot be relevant,” objected the defendant. The witness said that he had about the events in question from Mladen Kulic, a man who had lived near Vocin at the time of the war, and who had been a member of the territorial defense. The prosecution underlined that the testimony was second-hand, which the Court allows. The SRS leader is accused of persecution, murder, torture, deportation, theft, destruction of property, and other crimes in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia during the early 1990s.

Šešelj trial: Witness 004 takes stand

He confirmed that a number of older civilians from the village of Voćin had been murdered in late 1991.

The witness said that “people kept disappearing” and that four Croats had been killed, whose murders, he said, had been “ascribed to volunteers who did that sort of thing to the locals.” However, he added that he had not witnessed the crimes, as he had lived 50km from Voćin and the other places that had been mentioned.

“The prosecution is taking the witness through hearsay, and that kind of testimony, when the witness says ‘I heard’ and not ‘I saw’ or ‘I was there’ cannot be relevant,” objected the defendant.

The witness said that he had about the events in question from Mladen Kulić, a man who had lived near Voćin at the time of the war, and who had been a member of the territorial defense.

The prosecution underlined that the testimony was second-hand, which the Court allows.

The SRS leader is accused of persecution, murder, torture, deportation, theft, destruction of property, and other crimes in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia during the early 1990s.

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