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TWO SUSPECTS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY FOR THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
15.01.2014. 15:37
Pursuant to the 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:
- Neđeljko Kuljić, born on 18 June 1950 in Simijova, Bileća Municipality, where he also resides, and
- Željko Ilić, born on 10 October 1962 in Bileća, where he also resides.
The aforementioned persons are subject to investigation of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH and are suspected of participating in unlawful arrests, torture, beating and mistreating of imprisoned Bosniak and Croat civilians in several facilities, including the Bileća Police Station. On prisoner died, and more than 150 persons were imprisoned.
These persons are under investigation due to the grounded suspicion that they committed the criminal offense of Crimes against Humanity, as referred to in Article 172, Paragraph 1, item (h) of the Criminal Code of BiH.
The suspects will be handed over to the Prosecutor in charge of the case within the statutory time limit, and the respective Prosecutor will question the suspects and subsequently decide whether to file a motion seeking custody or imposition of prohibiting measures.
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).
