JOVICA STANISIC EXTRADITED TO THE HAGUE TRIBUNAL DENIES WAR CRIMES ACCUSATIONS Tanjug

JOVICA STANISIC EXTRADITED TO THE HAGUE TRIBUNAL DENIES WAR CRIMES ACCUSATIONS
Tanjug/CNN - June 11, 2003

Stanisic leaves for Hague

09:55 BELGRADE , June 11 (Tanjug) - Former chief of the Serbian Interior Ministry State Security Department Jovica Stanisic, who is indicted by The Hague tribunal with war crimes committed in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, took a regular flight and left for Amsterdam early on Wednesday, from where he will be transferred to the Scheveningen detention unit.

A corresponding warrant was signed at the Serbia-Montenegro Human and Minority Rights Ministry last week.

Stanisic arrives in Scheveningen

13:43 THE HAGUE , June 11 (Tanjug) - Former chief of the Serbian State Security Department Jovica Stanisic arrived at The Hague Scheveingen detention unit on Wednesday, tribunal spokesman Jim Landale confirmed to Tanjug.

According to a habitual procedure, Stanisic was immediately subject to a medical check-up, Landale said, but could not say whether Scheveningen physicians had received Stanisic's previous medical records.

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In a recent arraignment before a Belgrade judge, Stanisic also denied the war crimes charges but said he would not contest extradition and hoped to prove his innocence before the U.N. court.

The extradition of Stanisic was delayed because of his poor health and a recent colon surgery.