Police minister: “I won’t extradite Lukic”
Beta - October 21, 2003

BELGRADE -- Tuesday – Serbia’s police minister last night ruled out extraditing his assistant and chief of public security, Sreten Lukic, after an indictment against him was unsealed at the United Nations war crimes tribunal in The Hague.

“I will honour every government decision, but I won’t be the minister to extradite generals Lukic and Lazarevic to The Hague”, Dusan Mihajlovic told Serbian state television.

The UN tribunal yesterday disclosed indictments against Lukic, who led the regular uniformed police in Kosovo during the war, former Pristina Corps commander Vladimir Lazarevic, Lukic’s predecessor as public security chief Vlastimir Djordjevic and former armed forces chief of staff Nebojsa Pavkovic.

Mihajlovic last night described Lukic as his “right-hand man” in reforming the police and “the hero” of the police operation launched after the assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic.

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