EX-KOSOVO ALBANIAN ARMY COMMANDER PLACED UNDER HOUSE ARREST
FoNet - May 8, 2004

Kosovska Mitrovica, 8 May: One of the (ex-)commanders of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and general in the Kosovo Protection Corps, Sami Lushtaku, was today freed after being granted a conditional release by an international judge in the Kosovska Mitrovica District Court.

An investigation into Lushtaku's case will be continued, FoNet has learnt from the Office of the Kosovska Mitrovica District Court.

FoNet's source said that the international judge has ruled that Lushtaku be placed under house arrest and he will not be allowed to leave his home without informing the police.

"Lushtaku has been ordered to report to the police three times a week," FoNet's source said.

Kfor (NATO-led Kosovo Force) arrested Lushtaku in Srbica at the end of April on suspicion of involvement in the outbreak of the March violence in Kosovo as well as other criminal activities.
 

Source: FoNet news agency, Belgrade, in Serbian 1353 gmt 8 May 04

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