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Radović, and former Croatian MUP official Tarbuk. 4757 Witness JF-032 testified that Zavišić
arrived to Dalj around 20 August 1991, followed by a Serb police unit from the Belgrade
SUP, which used to work in Croatia, and which was commanded by Veljko Bogunović. 4758
Witness JF-015 further testified that Veljko Bogunović was Commander of the 70-men unit
of the Special Police, stationed in Dalj, and Ninko Tarbuk was the Deputy Commander. 4759
Bogunović and Tarbuk told the witness that the unit consisted of police officers formerly
serving in Croatia, and that they took commands directly from Belgrade. 4760 According to the
witness, they were under the command of the MUP. 4761
2242. With regard to Radovan Stojičić’s command over the SBWS armed forces, Dušan
Knežević testified that Badža was the commander of the SAO SBWS TO and the superior of
the police group. 4762 Witness C-015, a Serb from Croatia, 4763 testified that sometime between
August and December 1991, Badža called a meeting of all presidents of the Local Community
Executive Councils and Assemblies in the area of Erdut. 4764 At the meeting, Badža introduced
himself as a representative of the SUP in Belgrade. Badža said he had been sent to the area as
an expert to take over the TO of the SAO SBWS, and that he was now its commander. 4765 He
would establish “Militia offices” in villages where they had not yet been established. 4766
2243. Witness JF-032 testified that at the end of September 1991, a meeting was held at the
winery in Erdut, with Radovan Stojičić a.k.a. Badža, Zavišić, Kostić, Hadžić, Obrad
Stevanović from the Serbian MUP, JNA officers, TO commanders, and police
representatives. 4767 Badža said that he was from the Belgrade MUP and announced that he
would command all the forces, including the police forces which had come from Serbia, the
local police, and the TO staff. 4768
4757 D334 (Nebojša Bogunović, witness statement, 15 August 2011), para. 58.
4758 P401 (Witness JF-032, witness statement, 17 May 1999), p. 7; P402 (Witness JF-032, Slobodan Milošević
transcript, 29-31 January 2003), pp. 15167-15168, 15286-15288.
4759 P306 (Witness JF-015, witness statements), witness statement of 18 January 2001, para. 29; Witness JF-015,
T. 4096.
4760 P306 (Witness JF-015, witness statements), witness statement of 18 January 2001, para. 30.
4761 Witness JF-015, T. 4032-4033.
4762 D371 (Dušan Knežević, witness statement, 17 August 2011), paras 8, 17, 19; Dušan Knežević, T. 13377,
13380, 13404, 13433, 13466, 13479-13480, 13485-13486, 13491-13492, 13498; D372 (Chart of exhibits and
potential exhibits marked by Dušan Knežević), p. 2.
4763 P2 (Witness C-015, witness statement, 13 May 1999), p. 2; P3 (Witness C-015, supplementary witness
statement, 24 January 2001), p 1.
4764 P2 (Witness C-015, witness statement, 13 May 1999), p. 3.
4765 P2 (Witness C-015, witness statement, 13 May 1999), p. 4; Witness C-015, T. 1657.
4766 P2 (Witness C-015, witness statement, 13 May 1999), p. 4; Witness C-015, T. 1609-1610.
4767 P402 (Witness JF-032, Slobodan Milošević transcript, 29-31 January 2003), pp. 15181-15185, 15311;
Witness JF-032, T. 4753-4754.
4768 P402 (Witness JF-032, Slobodan Milošević transcript, 29-31 January 2003), pp. 15181-15182; Witness JF-
032, T. 4753-4755, 4778.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 802
30 May 2013