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1610. Witness JF-053, a former member and Platoon Commander of the Serbian MUP
PJM, 3166 testified that in April 1992 he was contacted by the Deputy Commander of the SUP
Pristina Staff Command, Jovica Milačić, to discuss the formation of a special police unit for
“rapid intervention and potential combat operations”. 3167 The Serbian MUP Public Security
Service in Belgrade had decided to form the unit sometime in March or April 1992 and was
working closely with the DB. 3168 According to the witness, who saw a copy of the decision
when he met with Milačić, the decision emanated from the Minister of Interior of Serbia and
came through Radovan Stojičić (a.k.a Badža). 3169
1611. Risto Šeovac, the commander of the Bajina Bašta police station for the inspection of
Serbia-Bosnia-Herzegovina border crossing from October 1992, 3170 testified that the Bajina
Bašta police station was part of the SJB of MUP Serbia. 3171 There was also a State Security
detachment of MUP Serbia in Bajina Bašta. 3172 On 16 January 1993 the territory of Skelani,
including the road to Bajina Bašta, came under attack from the Bosnia-Herzegovina side,
leading to the death of approximately 60 and injury of over 100 civilians and VRS
members. 3173 On the next day, Radovan Stojičić, and Obrad Stevanović arrived in Bajina
Bašta and established a PJP staff there, with Stevanović as its commander. 3174
1612. Dejan Plahuta, a.k.a Svabo, a former member of the JATD and the JSO, 3175 testified
that on 18 January 1993, two days after the attack on Skelani by Naser Orić, a MUP staff was
set up in the Bajina Bašta police station. 3176 The staff consisted of a significant amount of
people, and aimed to secure the border, to restrain the activities of paramilitary groups along
the border within Serbia, and to operate in the event that the conflict spread from Bosnia into
Serbia. 3177 After Obrad Stevanović, the chief of that staff and PJM commander, contacted his
superior Radovan Stojičić, a.k.a. Badža, the latter authorised the establishment of the training
camp in Tara for the PJP. 3178 The witness also testified that, in March 1993, he saw
Simatović, wearing a uniform, on a terrace of the Drina Hotel in Bajina Bašta. He was told by
3166 Witness JF-053, T. 10814.
3167 P2108 (Witness JF-053, witness statement, 15 February 2008), para. 3; Witness JF-053, T. 10778, 10799.
3168 P2108 (Witness JF-053, witness statement, 15 February 2008), para. 4.
3169 Witness JF-053, T. 10799.
3170 Risto Šeovac, T. 17538-17540.
3171 Risto Šeovac, T. 17539-17540.
3172 Risto Šeovac, T. 17556-17557.
3173 Risto Šeovac, T. 17544-17546, 17553, 17578-1779.
3174 Risto Šeovac, T. 17547-17548.
3175 Dejan Plahuta, T. 19303-19305, 19307.
3176 Dejan Plahuta, T. 19311, 19340, 19407, 19409.
3177 Dejan Plahuta, T. 19407-19410, 19417.
3178 Dejan Plahuta, T. 19340-19341, 19408-19410.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 570
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