UNMIK: Hard evidence of MUP presence
UNMIK and KFOR claim that they have firm proof that MUP officers were in Kosovska Mitrovica on March 17.
Wednesday, 26.03.2008.
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UNMIK and KFOR claim that they have firm proof that MUP officers were in Kosovska Mitrovica on March 17. An inquiry has begun into the clashes in northern Kosovska Mitrovica on March 17, and is seeking to uncover the organizers and perpetrators of the violence, according to a statement. UNMIK: Hard evidence of MUP presence According to KiM radio, UNMIK spokesman Alexander Ivanko said that UMIK had hard evidence that officers from the Serbian Interior Ministry had been present in the Kosovska Mitrovica courthouse when the protesting justice workers had been arrested. ”We have the names of these people and that is hard evidence,” Ivanko said. The UNMIK spokesman added that he did not know where the Serbian police had come from, but that a more detailed investigation of the matter would determine how they got to Kosovska Mitrovica. He said that UNMIK Regional Administrator in Kosovska Mitrovica Gerald Galluci would be returning to his post today. Meanwhile, KFOR spokesman Jean-Luc Cotard said that on March 17, KFOR had not been dealing with protesters, but with murderers. “We are not a police force, we do not have the same rules of procedure. Don’t expect KFOR troops to start throwing flowers if they are being fired at,” Cotard said. “On Monday, March 17, we did not face demonstrators, but murderers. I make a big distinction between citizens and murderers. Hand grenades were thrown at us, and thankfully, none exploded. We know that those hand grenades were made in Yugoslavia, are model M75, and are known as ‘kasikaras’," he said. Pristina daily: MUP has 10 branches in Kosovo UNMIK secret services have discovered 10 Serbian MUP offices in Kosovo, says Pristina daily Koha Ditore. Quoting information from unidentified UNMIK sources, the daily states that of the ten, eight are in northern Kosovo, three of which are in northern Kosovska Mitrovica. The document, parts of which the daily publishes in the form of a fax, says that MUP has its own police stations in Kosovo. “BIA (Serbian secret services) and UBPOK (Organized Crime Directorate) go about their business in one such station completely unhindered,“ writes the paper. Koha Ditore adds that near that police station is another MUP administrative building. Another Serbian MUP police station where BIA operates is located in Zvecan, the paper claims, as well as a separate building for MUP and BIA administrative matters. MUP also has branches in Socanica, Lesak and in Leposavic municipality. According to UNMIK’s information, there are two MUP offices in Gracanica. One contains a police station and administration, while BIA is housed in the other. According to this information, Belgrade has even set up parallel courts in Kosovo. The headquarters of Kosovska Mitrovica’s parallel municipal and district court are located in the Bosnjacka Mahalia quarter. Such courts are also operating in Zvecan and Leposavic.
UNMIK: Hard evidence of MUP presence
According to KiM radio, UNMIK spokesman Alexander Ivanko said that UMIK had hard evidence that officers from the Serbian Interior Ministry had been present in the Kosovska Mitrovica courthouse when the protesting justice workers had been arrested.”We have the names of these people and that is hard evidence,” Ivanko said.
The UNMIK spokesman added that he did not know where the Serbian police had come from, but that a more detailed investigation of the matter would determine how they got to Kosovska Mitrovica.
He said that UNMIK Regional Administrator in Kosovska Mitrovica Gerald Galluci would be returning to his post today.
Meanwhile, KFOR spokesman Jean-Luc Cotard said that on March 17, KFOR had not been dealing with protesters, but with murderers.
“We are not a police force, we do not have the same rules of procedure. Don’t expect KFOR troops to start throwing flowers if they are being fired at,” Cotard said.
“On Monday, March 17, we did not face demonstrators, but murderers. I make a big distinction between citizens and murderers. Hand grenades were thrown at us, and thankfully, none exploded. We know that those hand grenades were made in Yugoslavia, are model M75, and are known as ‘kašikaras’," he said.
Priština daily: MUP has 10 branches in Kosovo
UNMIK secret services have discovered 10 Serbian MUP offices in Kosovo, says Priština daily Koha Ditore.Quoting information from unidentified UNMIK sources, the daily states that of the ten, eight are in northern Kosovo, three of which are in northern Kosovska Mitrovica.
The document, parts of which the daily publishes in the form of a fax, says that MUP has its own police stations in Kosovo. “BIA (Serbian secret services) and UBPOK (Organized Crime Directorate) go about their business in one such station completely unhindered,“ writes the paper.
Koha Ditore adds that near that police station is another MUP administrative building.
Another Serbian MUP police station where BIA operates is located in Zvečan, the paper claims, as well as a separate building for MUP and BIA administrative matters. MUP also has branches in Sočanica, Lešak and in Leposavić municipality.
According to UNMIK’s information, there are two MUP offices in Gračanica. One contains a police station and administration, while BIA is housed in the other.
According to this information, Belgrade has even set up parallel courts in Kosovo.
The headquarters of Kosovska Mitrovica’s parallel municipal and district court are located in the Bošnjačka Mahalia quarter. Such courts are also operating in Zvečan and Leposavić.
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