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had given a speech at the event. 3401 In a TV interview, Mijović stated that he was responsible
for training soldiers who would go on to serve in the Special Police Brigade of the RSK
prepared for combat operations. 3402 Witness JF-036 testified that based on the topography of
the surroundings shown in the video-clip recording of Mijović’s interview, it must have been
filmed in Baranja, presumably in or around Bilje. 3403 The witness believed that members of
Mijović’s unit operated independently of the local police in Baranja. 3404
1711. A report on the work of the JATD unit in Baranja reviewed in chapter 6.5.3, provided
that on 25 October 1995, Vasilije Mijović, as the Commander of the Serbian MUP JATD in
Bilje, reported to Radonjić that young soldiers who had been trained by JATD instructors
were placed under the command of the Baranja Division. Mijović further reported to Radonjić
that 50 members of the JATD were on the first line of defence towards Bilje, with a
reconnaissance group monitoring the enemy lines in the direct vicinity of the camp. In the
report, Mijović also complained to Radonjić about the disciplinary system imposed on his unit
by Božović after he arrived in the area of Bilje. 3405
1712. A newspaper article about abuse of authority and corruption among Serbian Krajina
Special Forces in Beli Manastir in the summer of 1995, recorded that Mijović was running the
Beli Manastir SUP as a branch office of the Serbian DB in Baranja, claiming to have been
sent there by Slobodan Milošević and Jovica Stanišić. The article expressed the mistrust of the
people of Baranja in these allegations, as well as in the claim of Mijović’s men to be enjoying
the protection of “Frenki Stamatović”. 3406 As the Commander of the JATD unit, Mijović
signed a document compiled on 29 July 1995, recording items temporarily seized during a
forensic investigation in Beli Manastir. 3407 A memorandum on smuggling, re-sale and
removing of cars from Baranja to the FRY implicated the Commander of the JATD, Colonel
Mijović in this activity. 3408 According to the same memorandum, the most expensive cars
3400 Witness JF-036, T. 4194-4195.
3401 Witness JF-036, T. 4196.
3402 P355 (Transcript of Video Clip of Training, undated), pp. 2-3.
3403 Witness JF-036, T. 4237-4238.
3404 Witness JF-036, T. 4196-4197.
3405 D1623 (Series of documents concerning Djurica Banjac), p. 12 (Report on the work of the ATD unit in
Baranja, 25 October 1995).
3406 P346 (Newspaper article published in Nasa Borba, 31 July 1995), pp. 4-5.
3407 D35 (Minutes document regarding Zeljko Milisavljevic, 29 July 1995), pp. 1-2.
3408 P345 (Report on abuse of position by members of the SUP in Baranja), pp. 1-2.
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