The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and HerzegovinaNews
GORAN VUJOVIĆ (1959) AND MIROSLAV DUKA (1960) DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY
04.12.2013. 15:49By order of the Prosecutor of the Regional Team 4 of the Special Department for War Crimes within the Prosecutor's Office of BiH the following suspects were deprived of liberty:
- Goran Vujović, born on May 4, 1959 in Bileća where he resides, citizen of BiH and
- Miroslav Duka, born on June 6, 1960 in Stolac municipality, residing in Trebinje, BiH citizen.
The aforementioned suspects are under investigation by the Prosecutor's Office of BiH and are suspected to have participated in the persecution of non-Serbs in the area of Billeća municipality in 1992.The suspect Goran Vujović was the Chief of PSS Bileća at the time and Miroslav Duka was the militia commander of PSS Bileća.
They are, more specifically, suspected of unlawful confinement, deportation, murder, torture and physical and psychological abuse of Bosniaks and Croats in Bileća municipality in 1992.
The suspects will be handed over, within the legal deadline, to the Assigned Prosecutor, who will question them and subsequently decide on a motion for remand in custody.
The suspects Goran Vujović and Miroslav Duka are under investigation for the criminal offense of Crimes against Humanity under Article 172, Paragraph 1, Subparagraph h of the Criminal Code of BiH.
This announcement does not prejudice the outcome of the criminal proceedings and does not violate the principle of the presumption of innocence. A person shall be considered innocent of a crime until guilt has been established by a final verdict (Article 3, paragraph 1 of the CPC BiH).
