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2002-07-12
ARRESTED AND DELIVERED TO THE
HAGUE
Former President of Yugoslavia
Zoran Lilic has been recently detained in Belgrade. The Hague needed
him to testify at Milosevic trial. Lilic was the head of the state
during the period of 1993-1997, then his position was taken by
Slobodan Milosevic.
Lilic said that he received a phone call
from the president of Belgrade district court on July 11 at 12:45
and said that he would soon be given a notice of court appointment
to go to The Hague. Lilic refused to testify at the Milosevic trial
before, so the Tribunal decided to force the witness to come to The
Hague. One can also suppose, how strong the pressure on the former
Yugoslav president will be in The Hague itself. The Serbian
government also had its hand in expelling Lilic from the country –
the government issued (or was forced to issue, to be more precise)
the document for detaining Lilic. He was arrested at his office in
Belgrade.
Lilic was not willing to give up anyway. His wife
said that they took him away after he refused to sign anything. This
happened like it was with Milosevic, without any commotion, without
any official comments on the part of the official government of
Yugoslavia. No man – no problem (no problem for officials from the
“ruling democratic coalition” – the Democratic Opposition of
Serbia).
Radio Jugoslavija stated in its
weekly review of the Serbian press: “Former Yugoslav President Zoran
Lilic as a witness of The Hague Tribunal – this information is
published on front pages of Yugoslav newspapers.” Well, this is a
fact: one can read the “information” about such things in Serbian
newspapers. Radio Jugoslavija wrote only two sentences about it in
its weekly review. This is the last sentence: “Zoran Lilic agreed to
act as a witness at Milosevic trial. He left to the Hague
yesterday.” Now they call it as “agreed.” The end.
Sergey
Stefanov
PRAVDA.Ru
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