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of the Krajina oil industry at the time, in December 1991 or January 1992, the SAO SBWS
government decided to set up a unit to secure the Krajina oil fields. 3883 According to the
conclusions of the SAO SBWS government, on 20 January 1992, following information
received from Pero Golubović about the strategic importance of the electricity supply
facilities, the SAO SBWS government decided to instruct the MoD to take necessary
measures, in cooperation with Golubović, to provide security to these facilities. 3884 The
witness testified that the SAO SBWS Deputy Minister of Defence at the time was Milan
Milanović a.k.a. Mrgud (as of 19 December 1991), who in February 1992, became RSK
Assistant Minister of Defence. 3885
1922. Petar Djukić, RSK chief police inspector from 15 March 1993 to 1 July 1996, 3886
testified that a special battalion known as the Skorpions was established in 1992 with Major
Slobodan Medić, a.k.a. Boca, as commander. 3887 Borivoje Savić, a Serb from Vinkovci in the
municipality of Vukovar, Croatia, 3888 testified that the Skorpions unit was set up with what
they claimed was the primary objective of protecting the oilfields at Đeletovci but was also
involved in other tasks. 3889 Aco Drača, head of the SDB in Benkovac from late winter or
early spring in 1991 and deputy chief of the Krajina SDB from August 1992, 3890 testified that
the Krajina DB was monitoring the Skorpions, and that is why he knew that the unit was
based in Đeletovci and was tasked by the Krajina oil industry with securing the oil fields. 3891
1923. Witness JF-024, a Serb from Croatia, 3892 testified that he had heard that Major
Antonić of the JNA authorized Slobodan Medić, a.k.a. Boca, to set up a unit, called the
position, signed by Prime Minister Borislav Mikelić, 6 July 1994); P1692 (VJ Decision assigning Witness JF-
029 a position in the RSK MoD, signed by officer Stevo Medaković, 30 October 1995); D212 (Transcript of
testimony of Witness JF-029 before a local court on 24 October 2006), pp. 4, 15-16, 43.
3883 Witness JF-029, T. 10049, 10123-10124, 10213; D212 (Transcript of testimony of Witness JF-029 before a
local court on 24 October 2006), pp. 7-9, 20-21; D214 (Two documents tendered by the Simatović Defence
through Witness JF-029) (SAO SBWS decision instructing MoD to provide security for the oil industry, signed
by Goran Hadžić, 21 January 1992), p. 3.
3884 D217 (Conclusions of the SBWS government, 9 April 1992, signed by Goran Hadžić).
3885 Witness JF-029, T. 10006; D212 (Transcript of testimony of Witness JF-029 before a local court on 24
October 2006), pp. 4, 43.
3886 Petar Djukić, T. 17910, 17913, 17918-17920, 17971, 18003-18004, 18059, 18062, 18065; D759 (Letter of
appreciation from Gen. Walter Fallmann, UNTAES Civpol Commissioner, 22 August 1996); D760 (UNTAES
Certificate of Appreciation in relation to 13 and 14 April 1997 elections in SBWS); D761 (Letter of
Appointment from Jacques Paul Klein, Acting UNTAES Director, 2 June 1996).
3887 Petar Djukić, T. 17978, 18153.
3888 Borivoje Savić, T. 1739.
3889 Borivoje Savić, T. 1804.
3890 Aco Drača, T. 16692, 16742, 16776-16777.
3891 Aco Drača, T. 16875, 16877-16878.
3892 P2146 (Witness JF-024, witness statement, 17 February 2005), p. 1, paras 4-6; P2147 (Witness JF-024,
witness statement, 25 May 2005), pp. 1-2; P2148 (Witness JF-024, witness statement, 31 May 2005), p. 1; P2149
(Witness JF-024, witness statement, 7 October 2010), p. 1.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 677
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