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Kondic et al: Imperative Application Forms

Kondic i ostali

23 December 2009  Prosecution witness Marinko Vejin says Vinko Kondic asked policemen from Kljuc to sign "an application form to work with the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Republika Srpska" if they wanted to continue working there.

"After the Assembly of the Serb people had formed the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Republika Srpska, Chief Vinko Kondic asked us at a meeting to say whether we wanted to sign an application form. Later on, he told the Muslims, who did not want to sign the form, to think about it for a few days. Some time later they discharged their uniforms and arms," Vejin explained.

This witness said that, as of then, the Public Safety Station in Kljuc was "mainly staffed by Serbs and one Croat", adding that its insignia were changed afterwards.

"Instead of a star, we had a Serb tricolour flag. I remember that a new flag, the Serb tricolour, was put up on the Public Safety Station building at the time," Vejin said, adding that the situation in Kljuc town was "tense and uncertain" prior to the breakout of the conflict.  

Vinko Kondic, former Chief of the Public Safety Station in Kljuc, Bosko Lukic and Marko Adamovic are charged with having committed crimes against humanity and having organized a group of people and abetted them to commit genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Kljuc area in 1991 and 1992.

The indictment alleges that, from May 7 to 21, 1992 Kondic created a mono-national police by disarming and discharging all Bosniak and Croat policemen. Kondic had "real control" of the Public Safety Station in Kljuc. In collaboration with other members of the Crisis Committee and Town Defence, he had control of the Territorial Defence forces in the town.  

Vejin testified in the absence of Kondic, who failed to appear in court for the eleventh time in a row because of "poor health". The medical service of the Detention Unit, in which Kondic is held, determined that the first indictee was capable of attending the trial.

The Trial Chamber announced that it would collect "detailed reports" on the first indictee's health in the coming period, adding that he might then be sent to a hospital for additional check-ups.  

Kondic suffers from Parkinson's disease. Since the beginning of the trial for crimes committed in Kljuc, a number hearings have been postponed because he has not felt well.

Vejin's examination is due to continue on January 25, 2010.