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Prosecutor Lejla Konjic said that the extension of those measures was needed due to the gravity of the crime, as well as Zdenko Andabak’s links to the Republic of Croatia, mentioning that he had Croatian citizenship.
She explained that witnesses of war crimes represented “a special category of witnesses, who are vulnerable and submissive to influence” and that the measures should therefore remain in force.
Andabak was ordered into home detention on November 17. Also, he was banned from meeting the witnesses.
Konjic said that she had found out from her investigator that Andabak visited a hospital in Livno in the morning hours on December 10. The indictee denied this, saying that the policeman, who was on duty, could confirm that he was at home at that time.
Defence attorney Bajro Cilic said that he had filed a request to visit the hospital archives in order to prepare the defence.
The Prosecution pointed out that it would not request custody, but it would have this circumstance in mind and “follow the situation in the field”.
The Defence agreed with the prohibiting measures, but it proposed that it scope be reduced.
Cilic proposed that the prohibiting measures be limited to the territory of BiH, with obligatory reporting to police on arrival and departure, due to the preparation of defence and the fact that “some of the documents are located at several places”.
Andabak, who was arrested on October 15, was ordered into home detention. Also, he is banned from travelling, as well as meeting and contacting the accomplices and witnesses in this case.
The indictment, which was confirmed on December 8, charges Andabak, former member of the Croatian Defence Council, HVO, with having participated in the murder of two Bosniaks and treated one person in an inhumane manner in July 1993.
