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1691. In addition to the above Unit members, the Trial Chamber has received evidence
regarding the presence of Miomir Popović and Ranko Lačević in Bratunac. According to
Miomir Popović’s Special Purpose Unit member’s personal file, he joined the Unit on 2
November 1991. 3368 On 11 August 1999, Miomir Popović, an employee of the Serbian MUP,
gave a statement on the premises of the Section for Counter-Intelligence, Intelligence and
Security of the JSO, in Belgrade. He stated that between February and August 1993, he was
engaged in Bratunac as a member of the reserve force of the Special Operations Unit of the
Serbian MUP DB. 3369 He was a member of the unit’s combat part, which at that time was
commanded by Colonel Vasilije Mijović. 3370 The Trial Chamber further notes that, at the end
of the Kula ceremony in 1997, Jovica Stanišić presented an award of valour to Miomir
Popović. 3371
1692. According to a hand-written autobiography, Ranko Lačević had been a member of the
Special Purpose Unit of the Serbian MUP since January 1993 and participated in the war in
Bratunac before returning to Mt. Tara in August. 3372 In addition, a certificate from the 1st
Bratunac Light Infantry Brigade Command dated 27 May 1993 listed Ranko Lačević as a
member of the Special Purpose Unit of the MUP of Serbia, and attested to his participation in
the operations in the Bratunac and Skelani area from 15 February onwards, where he carried
out the duty of an instructor of the special unit of the VRS. 3373
1693. In relation to combat operations in the Bratunac area in early 1993, the Trial Chamber
further recalls the evidence reviewed in relation to the Skelani camp regarding the Joint Staff
at Tara, Operation Udar, and Tactical Group 1.
1694. The Trial Chamber now turns to the presence of Boško Nešković and units referred to
as “Red Berets” linked to Nešković in Bratunac between July 1992 and October 1994.
Paid Daily Allowances for 1 to 15 August 1995), pp. 20-21; P543 (List of JATD members to be Paid Daily
Allowances for 1 to 15 September 1995), pp. 5-7; P347 (List of JATD members to be Paid Daily Allowances for
1 to 15 September 1995), pp. 43, 45-46; and P349 (List of JATD members to be Paid Daily Allowances for 16 to
31 October 1995), p. 45-48.
3368 P3196 (Documents related to Miomir Popović), p. 7 (Personal file of Special Purpose Unit member Miomir
Popović).
3369 P3196 (Documents related to Miomir Popović), pp. 17-18 (Statement of Miomir Popović to the JSO of the
Serbian MUP, 11 August 1999), p. 17; P3199 (Documents related to Budimir Zečević), pp. 1-2 (Statement of
Miomir Popović to the JSO of the Serbian MUP, 11 August 1999), p. 1.
3370 P3196 (Documents related to Miomir Popović), pp. 17-18 (Statement of Miomir Popović to the JSO of the
Serbian MUP, 11 August 1999), p. 17; P3199 (Documents related to Budimir Zečević), pp. 1-2 (Statement of
Miomir Popović to the JSO of the Serbian MUP, 11 August 1999), p. 1.
3371 P61 (Video of award ceremony at Kula with transcript), p. 27.
3372 P3172 (Series of Serbian MUP SDB documents relating to Ranko Lačević), p. 1 (handwritten statement by
Ranko Lačević).
3373 P3238 (Certificate from the command of the 1st Bratunac Light Infantry Brigade, 27 May 1993).
Case No. IT-03-69-T 599
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