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Milorad Ulemek, a.k.a. Legija, and that Legija paid the soldiers with this money. 4340
Regarding the wounded SDG members who returned from the Velika Kladuša operation to
the SDG headquarters in Belgrade, the witness testified that Simatović’s secretary, Slađana,
contacted the SDG headquarters when the money for these soldiers arrived, that an SDG
driver picked the money up, and that the money was then used to pay the wounded SDG
members. 4341 The wounded SDG members had to sign receipts for receiving payment. After
Operation Pauk ended only the seriously wounded SDG members continued to receive
payments, but these payments were separate from the payments related to Operation Pauk. 4342
2076. Witness JF-027, a Croatian ethnic Serb and a former member of the SDG, 4343 testified
that between November 1994 and December 1995, members of his unit talked about being
paid by the Serbian DB. 4344 During Operation Pauk, Rade Rakonjac, Legija’s deputy,
confirmed to the witness that the Serbian MUP paid the salaries of the SDG. 4345 According to
the witness, members of the SDG who were wounded during Operation Pauk would receive a
pension from the MUP, and their documents would state that they were wounded when
fighting as JNA soldiers in the Bihać area. 4346 According to the witness, Božović’s men and
the SDG were both paid their salary from the same source, which they received monthly in
Serbian dinars, amounting to around 200-300 DEM. 4347 A courier or officer would arrive and
hand the witness and others their salaries. 4348 On a DB JATD payment list for 16 to 31
December 1994, the witness recognized as members of the SDG: Milorad Ulemek, Nebojša
Djordjević, Rade Rakonjac, Boban Gojković, Dragoljub Kuveljvić, Saša Milaković, Milenko
Korda, Boris Batez, Jugoslav Glušćević, Vladan Panić, Stevica Andjelković, Vlado Vukotić,
Božidar Cakić, Mile Ulemek, Dušan Gajić, and Djordje Opsenica. 4349
4340 P1616 (Witness JF-057, witness statement, 10 November 2002), p. 6; P1618 (Witness JF-057, prior
testimony), pp. 19467, 19576.
4341 P1616 (Witness JF-057, witness statement, 10 November 2002), p. 6; P1618 (Witness JF-057, prior
testimony), pp. 19467, 19569; Witness JF-057, T. 9471-9472, 9593-9594.
4342 P1616 (Witness JF-057, witness statement, 10 November 2002), p. 7.
4343 P1596 (Witness JF-027, witness statement, 27 February 2004), p. 1, para. 7; Witness JF-027, T. 8887, 8890,
8971.
4344 Witness JF-027, T. 8893.
4345 P1596 (Witness JF-027, witness statement, 27 February 2004), para. 26; Witness JF-027, T. 8892-8893.
4346 P1596 (Witness JF-027, witness statement, 27 February 2004), para. 26.
4347 Witness JF-027, T. 8885-8886, 8934, 8948. The Trial Chamber recalls, in this respect, that in chapter 6.5.3 in
relation to Operation Pauk it found the JATD to be led by Božović under Tactical Group 3.
4348 Witness JF-027, T. 8967-8968.
4349 Witness JF-027, T. 8888-8890, 8899-8900; P454 (List of the JATD Members to be Paid Daily Allowance for
16 to 31 December 1994), p. 19.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 740
30 May 2013