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Custody requested for Bihac trio

10 April 2008  The Prosecution of BiH asks for a month's custody of the persons suspected of crimes committed in Bihac area.

The State Prosecution has filed a custody order motion for Adil Ruznic, Mehur Selimovic and Emir Mustafic, who are suspected of having committed war crimes on the territory of Bihac municipality. The Court will announce its decision on the issue at a later stage.

On April 8 this year the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) arrested three persons, under a suspicion that they committed, as members of the Fifth Corps of BiH Army, together with other unknown perpetrators, war crimes against prisoners of war and civilians. The mentioned crimes were committed in  the Bihac area in the course of 1994 and 1995.

Prosecutor Milorad Barasin did not provide any further details concerning the custody order motion filed with the Court. He said that there "existed all reasons for the ordering of custody" and that the Prosecution had been conducting a broad investigation of the events in Bihac area in 1994 and 1995 for quite some time. Barasin also said that he considered that, should they remain at liberty, the suspects might attempt to hide or flee.

The suspects' Defence attorneys expressed their dissatisfaction with the way in which their clients were arrested. They also stressed that there were no reasons for keeping them under custody. Referring to the possibility of influencing witnesses, they said that their clients' names were mentioned "in fragments of the statements given by those witnesses."

They also said that the suspects would not try to hide or flee, as they "have not done it so far" and they did not posses citizenship of any other country to which they might attempt to flee.

At Thursday's hearing, Mustafic's Defence attorney Mirsad Sipovic asked the Court to release him of his duty, as the suspect "wants" to have an attorney from Una Sana Canton.

"This is a historical process. The honour of my Canton and the fifth Corps is at stake," suspect Emir Mustafic told the Court.

The Court will render its decision concerning the custody order motion and appointment of a new Defence attorney for the third suspect at a later stage.

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