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The Defence objects to the request.
State Prosecutor Remzija Smailagic said that, although Mikulic responded to invitations during the course of the investigation, there was a suspicion that he might try to flee to neighbouring Croatia, whose citizenship he has, along with the citizenship of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
“He is aware of the crime charged upon him. He denied guilt during the course of the investigation. (…) It is known that Croatia does not extradite its citizens to Bosnia and Herzegovina,” Prosecutor Smailagic explained.
Davor Martinovic, Defence attorney of indictee Mikulic, called on the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina to reject the proposal, because it was “legally groundless”. “Mikulic does not have any relatives in Croatia. As far as he is concerned, an attempt to flee would be like science fiction,” Martinovic said.
The State Prosecution charges Mikulic, former member of military police with the Croatian Defence Council, HVO, with having treated civilians, who were held in a prison in Dretelj, near Capljina, in an inhumane manner by intentionally “causing them bodily and mental suffering, in the period from the beginning of July to the end of August 1993.
The indictment further alleges that Mikulic forced prisoners to commit offensive and humiliating actions.
The Court will render its decisions concerning the State Prosecution’s proposal at a later stage.
Mikulic is due to appear before the State Court judges again on September 20 this year, when he will enter his plea.
