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was commanded by Milan Martić and came to be known as Martić’s Police. 4443 Witness
DST-043, a Serb from Knin, 4444 also testified that the special police units of the SAO Krajina
police were under the command of Milan Martić. 4445 Witness JF-006, a Serb from the town
of Plaški, 4446 testified that most members of Martić’s Police in Plaški were good and honest
men. 4447 The witness testified that the regular police force in Plaški remained under the
command of Dušan Latas. 4448 While the two police forces were to some extent separate, both
performed regular policing activities. 4449 Josip Josipović, a Croat from the mixed village of
Predore close to Hrvatska Dubica in Kostajnica municipality, 4450 stated that after the
elections, the new Croatian police and the Home Guards Corps were established. 4451 Around
the same time, the Serbs formed TO units and their own police. 4452 According to the witness,
it was hard to distinguish to which units Serbs belonged (the TO, the police, or the JNA), as
they wore a variety of cockades and insignia, including the five-pointed star and emblems
with the inscription “SAO Krajina”. 4453
2117. The Trial Chamber will now move to the Adjudicated Facts and the evidence on
Martić’s position in the SAO Krajina government and the creation of the Krajina DB. The
Adjudicated Facts establish that on 4 January 1991, Milan Martić was appointed the Secretary
for Internal Affairs of the SAO Krajina. On 5 January 1991, the Executive Council informed
the MUP of Croatia that the establishment of the SUP revoked the authority of the MUP of
Croatia in the SAO Krajina territory. 4454 The Trial Chamber has reviewed documentary
evidence consistent with these Adjudicated Facts. 4455
4443 P1710 (Witness C-1211, witness statement, 9 November 2000), pp. 3-4; P1713 (Witness C-1211, Martić
transcript, 12 June 2006), p. 5412.
4444 D322 (Witness DST-043, witness statement, 29 June 2011), paras 1-2; Witness DST-043, T. 12914-12919,
13027-13030, 13032.
4445 Witness DST-043, T. 13108.
4446 P103 (Witness JF-006, witness statement, 20 January 2001), pp. 1-2.
4447 P103 (Witness JF-006, witness statement, 20 January 2001), p. 5; P105 (Witness JF-006, Martić transcript,
28 March 2006), pp. 2804, 2808; Witness JF-006, T. 2518-2519.
4448 Witness JF-006, T. 2453-2454, 2487.
4449 P103 (Witness JF-006, witness statement, 20 January 2001), p. 5; Witness JF-006, T. 2487-2488.
4450 P68 (Josip Josipović, Martić transcript, 6-7 April 2006), pp. 3293-3294, 3327; P73 (Official Note by Josip
Josipović, 1 April 1992), p. 1.
4451 P68 (Josip Josipović, Martić transcript, 6-7 April 2006), pp. 3295-3297, 3331-3332, 3338.
4452 P68 (Josip Josipović, Martić transcript, 6-7 April 2006), pp. 3297-3298, 3332.
4453 P68 (Josip Josipović, Martić transcript, 6-7 April 2006), pp. 3299, 3303, 3335, 3353, 3383.
4454 Adjudicated facts III, fact 7.
4455 P1907 (Executive Council of the SAO Krajina Decision on the establishment of the Krajina SUP, signed by
Milan Babić, 4 January 1991); P1908 (Minutes of the Executive Council of the SAO Krajina, 4 January 1991);
P1909 (Executive Council of the SAO Krajina Resolution on internal organization of the SUP, 19 January 1991);
P1119 (Decision of the Executive Council appointing Milan Martić Minister of Interior of the SAO Krajina,
signed by Milan Babić, 4 January 1991).
Case No. IT-03-69-T 756
30 May 2013