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1817. With regard to organizing the involvement of the SDG in the SAO SBWS in 1991, the
Trial Chamber received the following evidence.
1818. Nebojša Bogunović was a policeman by training, who served as chief of staff to SAO
SBWS TO Commander Radovan Stojicić a.k.a. Badža from around August 1991 until
sometime in 1992. 3638 He manned checkpoints in Erdut in September/October 1991 and
testified that in July 1991, Arkan arrived with three or four men at the crossing just before
nightfall to take the ferry, with weapons in their vehicle. 3639 The witness did not allow them to
cross, despite Arkan’s insistence that they were sent by Radmilo Bogdanović. 3640 Arkan was
indignant, with his men already taking positions from which they could shoot, but they
eventually left and returned early the following morning with a permit signed by Bogdanović
on stationery with the Serbian MUP letterhead. 3641 Arkan’s group was then allowed to cross
the checkpoint and enter Eastern Slavonia. 3642 The witness also testified that along with one
JNA tank, Arkan was engaged in combat operations during the first attack on Bogdanovci
when Ilija Kojić was wounded. 3643
1819. Witness JF-030, a former Serbian MUP officer, 3644 testified that a few days after the
attack on Dalj, Arkan arrived in Borovo Selo and the witness, Arkan, Borovo Selo TO
commanders, and two men from the Serbian DB (who the witness referred to by their
nicknames) all met in the TO headquarters located in Jovica Vučenović’s house. The two DB
men explained that Arkan was the commander of the SDG. Arkan told those present at the
meeting that “Dad” sent them to Borovo Selo in order to free the Serbian people in the SAO
Krajina. According to the witness, it was clear that “Dad” meant Milošević. 3645
1820. In a speech, Andrija Biorčević praised the contribution made by Arkan’s volunteers
and stressed that this was not a paramilitary formation, but that the volunteers were people
3638 D334 (Nebojša Bogunović, witness statement, 15 August 2011), paras 3-4, 9, 51; D335 (Nebojša Bogunović,
proofing note, 15 August 2011); Nebojša Bogunović, T. 13164, 13199-13200, 13239-13240, 13271.
3639 D334 (Nebojša Bogunović, witness statement, 15 August 2011), paras 9, 17-18, 22, 24-30, 51; D335
(Nebojša Bogunović, proofing note, 15 August 2011); Nebojša Bogunović, T. 13164, 13199-13200, 13239-
13240, 13271; D334 (Nebojša Bogunović, witness statement, 15 August 2011), paras 33-34; D337 (Map
indicating location of Novi Sad).
3640 D334 (Nebojša Bogunović, witness statement, 15 August 2011), para. 34; Nebojša Bogunović, T. 13189-
13190, 13219.
3641 D334 (Nebojša Bogunović, witness statement, 15 August 2011), paras 33-34; Nebojša Bogunović, T. 13189-
13190, 13257-13258, 13260-13261.
3642 D334 (Nebojša Bogunović, witness statement, 15 August 2011), para. 34.
3643 D334 (Nebojša Bogunović, witness statement, 15 August 2011), para. 60; Nebojša Bogunović, T. 13285-
13286.
3644 P2091 (Witness JF-030, witness statement, 21 August 2003), p. 1, paras 4, 37.
3645 P2091 (Witness JF-030, witness statement, 21 August 2003), para. 16.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 640
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