30 May 2013 - ICTY

49321
requested Milošević to order Stanišić to remove from the area these men, including who he
believed were Stanišić’s men. 4722 When Milošević suggested that Martić should meet Stanišić
in Belgrade, Martić responded that he had “no reason to meet with him” and that Stanišić was
“tripping (him) at every step and causes trouble”. 4723 Milošević replied that he will see what
Jovica knows about it, but that, as Martić knew well, this was “not his (Jovica’s) doing”, and
that he, Milošević, did not think that Kostić and the others were Stanišić’s men. 4724
2231. The Trial Chamber further recalls the evidence of Witness JF-036, a Serb and DB
official in the SAO SBWS, 4725 reviewed in chapter 6.3.3 in relation to the Tikveš camp, that
the Belgrade DB had appointed Radoslav Kostić to the region of SAO SBWS, that he
reported directly to Belgrade, and that he occupied a classical DB intelligence gathering role.
The Trial Chamber further considered in the same chapter, that the Unit appeared to have
cooperated (to some extent) with inter alia Serbian DB operative Radoslav Kostić in mid-
1992.
2232. Based on the evidence received, the Trial Chamber finds that the SBWS leadership,
including Goran Hadžić, formed the SBWS police and TO sometime between mid-July and
August 1991. The SBWS police comprised members of Vukovar police forces who had fled
the area in late 1990, as well as new staff recruited by Borislav Bogunović, SBWS Minister of
Interior. Bogunović was further involved in recruiting new TO members, with the assistance
of the JNA, and Ilija Kojić was in charge of organising the TO. The Trial Chamber notes that
it has received contrasting evidence in respect of Kojić’s function within the SBWS
government, 4726 but all the witnesses were consistent in testifying about his position vis-à-vis
the SBWS TO. In view of the above, the Trial Chamber finds that Ilija Kojić became the first
commander of the SBWS TO.
2233. The Trial Chamber will now examine the alleged links between Kostić and Kojić on
the one hand, and the Accused on the other. In relation to Kojić, the Trial Chamber has partly
addressed the Prosecution’s allegations in this respect in chapters 6.4.3 and 6.4.4 in relation to
the SBWS in 1991, considering that any evidence on the links between Kojić and the Accused
was insufficient to conclude that the Accused controlled the SBWS TO. Having further
reviewed the evidence summarised in this chapter, the Trial Chamber observes that Ilija Kojić
4722 P1605 (Intercepted conversation between Milan Martić and Slobodan Milošević, 4 October 1994), pp. 2-5.
4723 P1605 (Intercepted conversation between Milan Martić and Slobodan Milošević, 4 October 1991), p. 2.
4724 P1605 (Intercepted conversation between Milan Martić and Slobodan Milošević, 4 October 1994), pp. 3-5.
4725 P342 (Witness JF-036, witness statement, 2 May 2001), pp. 1-2.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 797
30 May 2013