Borchardt: There is no 5,000 names list
EULEX Head Berndt Borchardt Judge denied allegations about existence of a list of 5,000 names of Serbs to be arrested in Kosovo, adding that a judge will decide if guarantees the Serbian government gave are sufficient to release four Serbs currently in detention in Kosovo.
(kosovocompromisestuff) Monday, February 24, 2014
This is something for the prosecutor and the judge to deliberate and decide upon, and not for me, and usually there are several reasons for detention on remand for somebody, Borchardt said.“It is not only the risk that people are going to flee, but it can also be the risk that people intimidate witnesses. A judge is going to balance all these arguments,” he observed. The Serbian government gave EULEX assurances that the four persons, namely, Oliver Ivanovic, Dragoljub Delibasic, Laza Lazic and Zarko Veselinovic, all currently in detention in KiM, will be available to EULEX during court proceedings. Borchardt said he has learned from some media that there are rumors of a list of 5,000 names of Serbs to be arrested.“I can categorically state that such a 5,000 names list does not exist,” Borchardt said. There are, of course, investigations into cases, then there are Interpol warrants, indictments, but “there are no sealed indictments here in Kosovo,” he stressed.
