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Bratunac. 3358 Military Police Commander Miloš Mitrović of the 1st Bratunac Light Infantry
Brigade Command reported that on 22 February 1993, members of the military police under
the age of 35 were assigned to a Special Unit under the command of Major Vasilije Mijović
for training. 3359
1689. An official note from the Valjevo DB Centre, dated 8 January 1997, listed Vaso
Mijović as an employee of the 2nd RBD Administration of the Serbian MUP. 3360 The
document also noted that Mijović was sent to Bratunac by the DB and that he held a high rank
in the DB. 3361 The Trial Chamber has received in evidence copies of three different official
IDs issued to Mijović, namely: a Serbian MUP ID card of 21 March 1978, an RSK DB ID
card of 2 April 1992, and a Bosnia-Herzegovina MUP ID card of 20 January 1992. 3362
1690. The Trial Chamber now turns to the documentary evidence regarding the presence of
other Unit members, including Budimir Zečević, 3363 in Bratunac. According to a signed
statement by Miomir Popović, Budimir Zečević, a member of the unit’s reserve force, was
present at the camp in Bratunac in the spring of 1993. 3364 According to handwritten orders by
Vasilije Mijović, the Commander of the Special Unit of the “Republika Srpska”, Budimir
Zečević took a business trip with someone named Njegoš on 24 February 1993. 3365 The same
orders listed Milenko Prodanović as the duty officer at the camp in February 1993. 3366 The
names of Mijović and several members of his unit as mentioned in these handwritten orders
(including Budimir Zečević) appear on JATD payment lists from August and September
1993, and May to October 1995. 3367
3358 P3239 (Order issued by Bratunac Special Purpose Unit Commander Vasilije Mijović, 18 June 1993).
3359 P277 (Daily report from the Bratunac Military Police, 23 February 1993), p. 1.
3360 P1585 (Series of Serbian MUP SDB documents relating to Vasilije Mijović), p. 14 (SDB Official note on
Vaso Mijović).
3361 P1585 (Series of Serbian MUP SDB documents relating to Vasilije Mijović), p. 14 (SDB Official note on
information pertaining to Vaso Mijović).
3362 P488 (Scans of three original police IDs for Vasilije Mijović), pp. 1-7.
3363 For the Trial Chamber’s findings on the membership of Miomir Popović and Budimir Zečević in the Unit,
see chapter 6.3.3 in relation to the Ležimir camp.
3364 P3199 (Series of Serbian MUP SDB documents relating to Budimir Zečević), p. 1 (2nd statement on war
profiteering in Bratunac, signed by Miomir Popović).
3365 D1224 (Report containing two daily orders of the commander of the special unit of the Republic of Srpska,
25 February 1993 and 6 March 1993).
3366 D1224 (Report containing two daily orders of the commander of the special unit of the Republic of Srpska,
25 February 1993 and 6 March 1993), p. 2.
3367 P157 (List of JPN members to be Paid Daily Allowances for 21 August to 10 September 1993), p. 8; P1490
(List of JATD members to be Paid Daily Allowances for August and September 1993), p. 5; P465 (List of JATD
members to be Paid Daily Allowances for 16 to 31 May 1995), p. 24; P466 (List of JATD members to be Paid
Daily Allowances for 1 to 15 June 1995), p. 6; P467 (List of JATD members to be Paid Daily Allowances for 16
to 30 June 1995), p. 15; 468 (List of JATD members to be Paid Daily Allowances for 1 to 15 July 1995, p. 6;
P540 (List of JATD members to be Paid Daily Allowances for 16 to 31 July 1995), pp. 7-8; P541 (List of JATD
members to be Paid Daily Allowances for 16 to 31 August 1995), pp. 16-17; P542 (List of JATD members to be
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