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witness testified that the Skorpions received salaries (paid in DEM) from the Krajina oil
company; they also received another salary (paid in Serbian Dinars), which the witness
believed came from the Serbian DB, as the man who distributed it to the Skorpions in 1994
and 1995 told them that the money had arrived from the Serbian MUP, and a delegation of
four to five Skorpions members, including Srdjan Manojlović, would usually travel to
Belgrade to collect the salaries. 4393 The Skorpions were told that some of the weapons and
equipment that were distributed amongst them had come from the MUP, which the witness
believed to be the Serbian MUP, as in his view the Krajina MUP could not have been in
possession of such new pistols; and some weapons had been supplied by the SVK. 4394
2097. Witness JF-029, who was a high-ranking official in the RSK MoD from 1991 to April
1996, 4395 testified that based on a 1992 decision, the RSK government supplied weapons to
the Skorpions, but the oil company in Mirkovci continued to pay their salaries (following the
government’s authorization), and in addition, it also provided most of its equipment. 4396 The
Vukovar Corps armed the Skorpions with handguns, automatic rifles, mortars, rifle grenades,
handheld rocket launchers, and mines from the main depot in Vukovar. 4397
2098. Petar Djukić, RSK chief police inspector from 15 March 1993 to 1 July 1996, 4398
testified that he participated in an investigation into the operation of the “NIK” oil company
from which it appeared that the Skorpions received significant amounts of money in cash and
fuel for their vehicles from NIK, in addition to a salary from the SVK. 4399
2099. Gvozden Gagić, an employee of the MUP of Serbia in the early 1990s, 4400 testified
that in the course of domestic criminal proceedings against the Skorpions, he and his team
4393 P1702 (Goran Stoparić, witness statement, 24 November 2003), paras 73-74, 78; Goran Stoparić, T. 10340-
10341, 10375-10376.
4394 P1702 (Goran Stoparić, witness statement, 24 November 2003), para. 73; Goran Stoparić, T. 10424-10431.
4395 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.
4396 Witness JF-029, T. 10049, 10123-10124, 10215; D212 (Transcript of testimony of Witness JF-029 before a
Belgrade court on 24 October 2006), pp. 38-40, 49.
4397 D212 (Transcript of testimony of Witness JF-029 before a Belgrade court on 24 October 2006), pp. 75-76.
4398 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).
4399 Petar Djukić, T. 17993-17995.
4400 Gvozden Gagić, T. 17101-17102.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 749
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