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Ilija Končarević was appointed as secretary. 4682 Nebojša Bogunović, a policeman by training,
who served as chief of staff to SAO SBWS TO Commander Radovan Stojicić a.k.a. Badža
from around August 1991 until sometime in 1992, 4683 testified that on 14 July 1991, the Serb
National Council for the SBWS established the SUP SBWS and appointed a SUP chief and
TO commander. 4684
2222. Borislav Bogunović further testified that the Government of the SAO SBWS was
formed in Dalj in August 1991. 4685 The witness was nominated by the SDS as Minister of
Interior, and Hadžić in his capacity as party president consented to his appointment. 4686
Hadžić personally nominated Ilija Kojić as Minister of Defence. 4687 Bogunović testified that
the registration plates on Kojić’s car, unlike those of other Government ministers, were those
of the Serbian MUP, and that he believed there to be some connection between Kojić and
Stanišić. 4688 According to the witness, Hadžić’s visits to Belgrade influenced some of his
decisions in relation to Government appointments, as government circles in Belgrade were
concerned to ensure that ministers would report to them regularly and accurately. 4689 In this
respect, the Trial Chamber recalls the evidence of Borislav Bogunović reviewed in chapter 6.8
about Hadžić’s meetings in Belgrade. Bogunović further testified that during his term as
Minister of the Interior, he was also in contact with Radovan Stojičić, a.k.a. Badža, who was
introduced to Bogunović by Hadžić as the Deputy Minister of the Interior in Serbia. 4690 In
Bogunović’s opinion, Hadžić was unable to act without Badža’s consent. 4691 Milan Babić,
who was the Prime Minister of the SAO Krajina, 4692 stated that Hadžić was under total
control of Stanišić. 4693
2223. Borislav Bogunović further testified that as Minister of the Interior, his first duty was
to form police stations in the villages of Borovo Selo and Dalj. This included recruiting staff
4682 P553 (Borislav Bogunović, witness statement, 6 June 2003), para. 7.
4683 D334 (Nebojša Bogunović, witness statement, 15 August 2011), paras 3-4, 9, 51; D335 (Nebojša Bogunović,
proofing note, 15 August 2011); Nebojša Bogunović, T. 13164, 13199-13200, 13239-13240, 13271.
4684 D336 (Nebojša Bogunović’s comment chart on exhibits), p. 7; D355 (Serbian SDB – 1st Administration
document on the current situation in SBWS, 15 July 1991), p. 1.
4685 P553 (Borislav Bogunović, witness statement, 6 June 2003), para. 6.
4686 P553 (Borislav Bogunović, witness statement, 6 June 2003), para. 8.
4687 Borislav Bogunović, T. 5982.
4688 Borislav Bogunović, T. 5985-5986.
4689 Borislav Bogunović, T. 5983-5984.
4690 P553 (Borislav Bogunović, witness statement, 6 June 2003), paras 13, 73.
4691 P553 (Borislav Bogunović, witness statement, 6 June 2003), para. 73.
4692 P1878 (Milan Babić, Slobodan Milošević transcript, 18-22, 25-26 November, and 2-4, 6, and 9 December
2002), p. 12965; P1880 (Death Certificate of Milan Babić).
4693 P1877 (Milan Babić, Martić transcript, 15-17, 20-21 February, and 2-3, and 6 March 2006), p. 1644; P1878
(Milan Babić, Slobodan Milošević transcript, 18-22, 25-26 November, and 2-4, 6, and 9 December 2002), p.
13230.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 793
30 May 2013