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unlimited power given to him by either President Martić or MoD Minister Suput. 3940
According to the witness, both Mrgud and General Dušan Lončar, Chief of Staff of the SVK,
exercised control over the Skorpions which operated as a military unit, and as a MUP security
unit. 3941 On certain issues the Skorpions received orders from General Lončar, in relation to
the security of the oil plant they guarded, the Skorpions received orders from the director of
the oil company, and on other specific issues from Mrgud. 3942 Mrgud gave orders to the unit
from its formation in 1992 until its departure from the area in 1996; as for the Corps
commander and the director of the oil company, they changed over the 1992-1995 period. 3943
1943. Witness JF-029, who was a high-ranking official in the SAO SBWS and RSK MoD
from 1991 to April 1996, 3944 testified that in 1991, the unit set up to secure the oil fields was
subordinate to the SAO SBWS TO. In April or May 1992, it came under the command of the
PJM, also known as the Blue Brigades, which were formed by the RSK MUP. In 1993, the
unit was subordinate to the newly established SVK and came under the command of General
Lončar, at which point it was renamed the Skorpions. 3945 Throughout this time, the unit was
present in the SAO SBWS area. 3946
1944. Furthermore, several witnesses provided evidence about the Skorpions’ links with the
Accused and the Serbian DB. Goran Stoparić, a former member of the Skorpions, 3947
testified that he reported to Medić, the unit’s commander, who, according to the witness,
reported to Legija, Mrgud, Lončar, Simatović, and ultimately to Stanišić. 3948 The witness
testified that men referred to by others as Serbian SDB operatives regularly visited the
testimony of Witness JF-029 before a local court on 24 October 2006), p. 7; P1666 (Tables of people Witness
JF-029 refers to and significant meetings attended, 7 December 2010), p. 3; Petar Djukić, T. 17978, 18153.
3940 Petar Djukić, T. 17978-17979, 18036-18037, 18151; D764 (Report by RDB Centre, Novi Sad, 21 June
1995), p. 1.
3941 Petar Djukić, T. 17992, 18038-18039, 18153; Manojlo Milovanović, T. 4392-4394.
3942 Petar Djukić, T. 17979-17980.
3943 Petar Djukić, T. 18153-18154.
3944 Witness JF-029, T. 10004-10007, 10083, 10089, 10156; P1665 (Pseudonym sheet, Witness JF-029); P1668
(Table of documents reviewed by Witness JF-029 with comments, 7 December 2010), pp. 5, 8-9, 11; P1678
(Order appointing Witness JF-029 to a position within the MoD, signed by Goran Hadžić on behalf of Ilija
Kojić, 19 December 1991); P1685 (RSK MoD Decision assigning Witness JF-029 a position, signed by Minister
Colonel Stojan Španović, 1 February 1993); P1689 (RSK Government Decision assigning Witness JF-029 a
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.
3945 Witness JF-029, T. 10049, 10124-10125, 10172-10173; D212 (Transcript of testimony of Witness JF-029
before a local court on 24 October 2006), pp. 9, 11, 20-21, 53, 95.
3946 Witness JF-029, T. 10049-10050; D212 (Transcript of testimony of Witness JF-029 before a local court on
24 October 2006), p. 7.
3947 P1702 (Goran Stoparić, witness statement, 24 November 2003), paras 68, 77; Goran Stoparić, T. 10327.
3948 P1702 (Goran Stoparić, witness statement, 24 November 2003), paras 77, 82; Goran Stoparić, T. 10333,
10355, 10419, 10445.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 685
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