Radonjić and Romić remanded in 30-day detention

BELGRADE The Prosecution for Organized Crime issued an order to carry out an investigation against four former DB members on suspicion they murdered Slavko Curuvija. Investigation has been launched against former chief of National Security (DB) Belgrade office Milan Radonjic, head of the office's 6th section Ratko Romic, head of DB Radomir Markovic and member of a special security service within DB Miroslav Kurak, Prosecutor for Organised Crime Miljko Radisavljevic told Tanjug. Radonjic and Romic remanded in 30-day detention The Prosecutor's Office proposed that Radonjic and Romic, who were arrested on Tuesday, should be placed in detention and the judge in charge of the previous proceedings will adopt the decision thereon later in the day after he interrogates them, Radisavljevic said. The Higher Court in Belgrade said later in the day that it decided to remand the two suspects in 30-day detention Markovic and Radonjic are charged with having ordered Curuvija's murder and Romic and Kurak are believed to have executed the crime, the prosecutor specified. Markovic is serving a 40 year sentence in Pozzarevac for involvement in the murder of former Serbian President Ivan Stambolic on August 25, 2000, and four members of the Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO) on October 3, 1999. Kurak is outside of Serbia and an international warrant for his arrest will be issued. The investigation will show whether the former top government officials were connected to the murder and it will also prove the identity of the individuals who ordered the politically-motivated murder of Curuvija, Radisavljevic said. The Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), Yugoslav Left (JUL) and the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) made up the ruling coalition at the time of Curuvija's murder. Journalist and owner of the daily newspaper Dnevni Telegraf and weekly Evropljanin Slavko Curuvija was killed outside of his home in downtown Belgrade on April 11, 1999, during the NATO bombing campaign against Yugoslavia. The killers shot him 17 times and finished him with a shot to the head. His partner Branka Prpa was with him at the time. At a press conference in the Serbian government building on Wednesday, Radisavljevic said that the key witness in the investigation into Curuvija's murder was former commander of Serbia's Special Operations Unit Milorad Ulemek. Ulemek is serving the maximum prison sentence of 40 years for involvement in the murder of Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic and two more assassinations, and his testimony was confirmed by two other witnesses whose identity was not revealed for security reasons. Radonjic (L) and Romic (Tanjug, file) Tanjug

Radonjić and Romić remanded in 30-day detention

The Prosecutor's Office proposed that Radonjić and Romić, who were arrested on Tuesday, should be placed in detention and the judge in charge of the previous proceedings will adopt the decision thereon later in the day after he interrogates them, Radisavljević said.

The Higher Court in Belgrade said later in the day that it decided to remand the two suspects in 30-day detention

Marković and Radonjić are charged with having ordered Ćuruvija's murder and Romić and Kurak are believed to have executed the crime, the prosecutor specified.

Marković is serving a 40 year sentence in Požzarevac for involvement in the murder of former Serbian President Ivan Stambolić on August 25, 2000, and four members of the Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO) on October 3, 1999.

Kurak is outside of Serbia and an international warrant for his arrest will be issued.

The investigation will show whether the former top government officials were connected to the murder and it will also prove the identity of the individuals who ordered the politically-motivated murder of Ćuruvija, Radisavljević said. The Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), Yugoslav Left (JUL) and the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) made up the ruling coalition at the time of Ćuruvija's murder.

Journalist and owner of the daily newspaper Dnevni Telegraf and weekly Evropljanin Slavko Ćuruvija was killed outside of his home in downtown Belgrade on April 11, 1999, during the NATO bombing campaign against Yugoslavia.

The killers shot him 17 times and finished him with a shot to the head. His partner Branka Prpa was with him at the time.

At a press conference in the Serbian government building on Wednesday, Radisavljević said that the key witness in the investigation into Ćuruvija's murder was former commander of Serbia's Special Operations Unit Milorad Ulemek.

Ulemek is serving the maximum prison sentence of 40 years for involvement in the murder of Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić and two more assassinations, and his testimony was confirmed by two other witnesses whose identity was not revealed for security reasons.