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Selo, as it was the easiest way to cross the river. 4789 Ilija Kojić told the witness that the
deliveries were organized by the Novi Sad DB, and Kostić and Šarac were in charge of the
weapon transfers. 4790 Around 7 August 1991, an order came from Kostić and Kojić for the
Vukovar SUP to follow the SAO Krajina Government to Dalj; they were given an office in
the centre of the town. 4791 Kostić provided supplies for the Dalj police from the MUP in
Belgrade, and all the policemen were armed and uniformed. 4792 In relation to Lazar Šarac, the
Trial Chamber has reviewed a number of intelligence reports that he, as an operative, sent to
the Serbian and Vojvodina DB between 1991 and 1993. 4793
2248. Borislav Bogunović testified that around 20 days after the formation of the police
force, the Government received approximately 200 sets of police uniforms and guns free of
charge from the SUP in Novi Sad. 4794 Instructions in relation to acquiring the uniforms and
equipment came through Badža. 4795 Badža organized a meeting between himself, Hadžić, and
Bogunović in Novi Sad in late August 1991. The meeting took place in the Vojvodina police
building. 4796 There, the witness saw Stanišić in the office of Ratko Sikimić, who was Head of
the DB for Vojvodina. The witness stayed outside, but Hadžić entered and spoke with Stanišić
and Sikimić. At the time, the witness was aware that Stanišić was from the Serbian DB. 4797
After the meeting the witness went to a police depot in Klisa, which belonged to the regional
secretariat of the Serbian MUP in Novi Sad, to collect the uniforms and weapons. 4798
Bogunović stated that, as other villages in the SAO SBWS were taken over by Serb forces,
new police stations were set up in Bobota, Bršadin, Markušica, Erdut, Mirkovci, Orolik,
Negoslavci, Tovarnik, Ilok, and Vukovar. In each case, equipment was sourced from Novi
4788 P401 (Witness JF-032, witness statement, 17 May 1999), p. 5; P402 (Witness JF-032, Slobodan Milošević
transcript, 29-31 January 2003), pp. 15335, 15351.
4789 P401 (Witness JF-032, witness statement, 17 May 1999), p. 4; P402 (Witness JF-032, Slobodan Milošević
transcript, 29-31 January 2003), pp. 15123-15124, 15146, 15253-15254; Witness JF-032, T. 4645-4646.
4790 P401 (Witness JF-032, witness statement, 17 May 1999), p. 4; P402 (Witness JF-032, Slobodan Milošević
transcript, 29-31 January 2003), pp. 15146, 15254-15256; Witness JF-032, T. 4645-4646,,4748-4751, 4762-
4765.
4791 P401 (Witness JF-032, witness statement, 17 May 1999), p. 6; P402 (Witness JF-032, Slobodan Milošević
transcript, 29-31 January 2003), p. 15163.
4792 P401 (Witness JF-032, witness statement, 17 May 1999), p. 6.
4793 See for example, P19 (Report addressed to the Serbian DB, signed by operative Lazar Šarac, 25 July 1992);
P407 (Report addressed to Jovica Stanišić, Serbian DB, signed by operative Lazar Šarac, 23 February 1993);
P2103 (Report to the Serbian DB, signed by operative Lazar Šarac, 7 June 1993); D241 (Report to the Vojvodina
DB, signed by operative Lazar Šarac, 11 April 1991).
4794 P553 (Borislav Bogunović, witness statement, 6 June 2003), para. 13; Borislav Bogunović, T. 6010.
4795 P553 (Borislav Bogunović, witness statement, 6 June 2003), para. 13.
4796 P554 (Borislav Bogunović, witness statement, 8 February 2007), para. 14; Borislav Bogunović, T. 5995-
5996.
4797 P554 (Borislav Bogunović, witness statement, 8 February 2007), para. 14; Borislav Bogunović, T. 6041.
4798 Borislav Bogunović, T. 5996.
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