
05 February 2010
At a closed hearing the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina considers protective measures for a witness who is due to testify in the "Trusina" case.
"As names of protected witnesses will be mentioned at this hearing, I propose that the public be excluded in order to protect the witnesses' privacy," Davorin Jukic, preliminary hearing judge of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, said.
The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Defence of Senad Hakalovic, one of the suspects accused of the crime in Trusina, Konjic municipality, agreed with the proposal.
The State Prosecution suspects that Hakalovic, Nedzad Hodzic, Mensur Memic and Dzevad Salcin, as members of the "Zulfikar" Special Purposes Squad of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the "Neretvica" 45th Mountain Brigade of the ABiH, attacked Trusina village on April 16, 1993.
Nihad Bojadzic, Jusuf Hadzalija and Zulfikar Alispago were also arrested on suspicion that they committed the crime in Trusina.
Rasema Handanovic and Edin Dzeka, suspected of the same crime, are reported to have been arrested in the US.
At the open part of the hearing Hakalovic complained to judge Jukic about the fact that, while in the Detention Unit in Mostar, he can only speak to his children "over the phone".
"My heart is broken when I have to speak to my four children over the phone only. I have noticed that other detainees' children visit them and the detainees can embrace and hug them," Hakalovic said.
Judge Jukic said he would consider all legal possibilities and inform the President of the State Court, asking her to "visit the Detention Unit in Mostar".
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