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remained under Martić’s command. 2613 Some of the men in Korenica were later transferred to
Ilok where they became instructors. 2614
1415. Witness JF-005, a Croatian Serb member of the JSN or Special Purpose Unit from
April 1992, 2615 testified that in 1995, he first learned that the unit which had trained his unit
had its roots in the Serbian DB, when Rajo Božović told him so in Belgrade. 2616 In March or
April 1995 at a camp in Fruška Gora in Serbia where Red Berets from several camps
gathered, Božović and Riki told the witness that Captain Dragan gave red berets to the first
people who were trained in the Krajina, which was where the name of the unit came from. 2617
They also told the witness that Frenki Simatović had founded the unit and been in charge of it
since, although Simatović had not been physically present in the territory. 2618 They further
told him that 21 instructors were sent from the Croatian Krajina to Bosnia-Herzegovina to set
up new training camps. 2619
1416. The Trial Chamber has received documentary evidence indicating that a number of
persons joined a special unit of the Serbian MUP between May and July 1991. In a 19
December 1991 order, the Serbian MUP Special Police Unit commander at Ležimir wrote that
Borjan Vučković had joined the unit as a volunteer on 15 May 1991. 2620 On 15 September
1994, Dragoslav Krsmanović signed a certificate of the Serbian MUP certifying that Ilija
Vučković had been a member of the reserve forces of the Serbian MUP engaged in specific
tasks and duties from 5 May 1991 to 1 November 1992. 2621 On 6 July 2001, Serbian MUP
JSO Commander Maričić reported from Belgrade that Slobodan Majstorović had been
engaged in certain duties and tasks in the Special Operations Unit from 4 May 1991 to 30
2613 P977 (Witness JF-039, prior testimony), p. 2024.
2614 Witness JF-039, T. 7392.
2615 P137 (Witness JF-005, witness statement, 25 January 2004), p. 1, paras 1, 3, 11; P136 (Witness pseudonym
sheet); Witness JF-005, T. 2760, 2851, 2857.
2616 P137 (Witness JF-005, witness statement, 25 January 2004), para. 9; P138 (Witness JF-005, witness
statement, 4 November 2009), para. 14; Witness JF-005, T. 2920, 2950-2951.
2617 P138 (Witness JF-005, witness statement, 4 November 2009), para. 43.
2618 P138 (Witness JF-005, witness statement, 4 November 2009), para. 14; Witness JF-005, T. 2814-2815.
2619 P138 (Witness JF-005, witness statement, 4 November 2009), para. 14.
2620 P2984 (Series of documents relating to Borjan Vučković), p. 1 (Hand-written autobiography, Borjan
Vučković), p. 3 (Serbian MUP Special Police Unit commander order on forming a commission of special unit
members, Ležimir, 23 February 1992).
2621 P3038 (Series of Serbian MUP documents relating to Ilija Vučković), p. 15 (MUP Certificate in relation to
Ilija Vučković, signed by Dragoslav Krsmanović, 15 September 1994).
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