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One month after the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina completed its presentation of evidence at the trial for crimes committed in Bosanska Krupa, the State Court reinstated its earlier decision, by which indictee Mladen Drljaca, who is defending himself while at liberty, was banned from contacting or interfering in any way with Prosecution witnesses.
All other prohibiting measures pronounced against him earlier will remain in force until the next custody review due on June 16, 2009.
Mladen Drljaca, Gojko Klickovic and Jovan Ostojic are charged with taking part in crimes against humanity committed in Bosanska Krupa in the course of 1992.
The Prosecution also charges the three men with participation in a joint criminal enterprise, which began in the summer of 1991. The aim of the enterprise was the creation of a separate state for Bosnian Serbs, from which most non-Serb residents were to be permanently evicted.
At the end of August, 2008 Drljaca was allowed to defend himself while at liberty, after the Court had accepted KM 165,000 bail (around 80.000 Euro). His “travel documents, personal identification cards, drivers licenses and other documents issued by the institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina and other countries”, were seized.
At that time an order was made banning Drljaca from leaving Banja Luka town, ordering him to report to the police station in Banja Luka twice a day, banning him from contacting Prosecution witnesses, other indictees and potential accomplices and helpers, and banning him from attending social, public or private gatherings.
After having offered KM 371,690 (around 180.000 Euro) as a guarantee that he would appear before the Court, Ostojic was also allowed to defend himself while at liberty. After that certain prohibiting measures were ordered against him.
Klickovic is still being held in custody.
