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of the “Special Unit of the Serbian MUP”, signed several requests for operative checks for
persons who applied to join the active force of the special unit, including Davor Subotić,
Radojica Božović, Budimir Zečević, Dragan Đorđevic (a.k.a. Crni), and Aleksander
Vuković. 2843
1485. According to an unsigned and undated intelligence report, 2844 the RDB and Serbian
MUP would, on 4 May 1996 during the laying of a wreath at the monument to Radoslav
Kostić at Kula, present various awards and decorations, including to Dimitrije Lazić, Nikola
Lončar, Dragiša Gurjić, Milenko Milovanović, Darko Torbica, and Budimir Zečević. 2845
1486. At the 1997 Kula ceremony, Colonel Žika Ivanović introduced the unit’s veteran
officers to Milošević, including: Captain Dragiša Grujić, Captain Nikola Lončar, and Captain
Đurica Banjac. 2846 At the end of this ceremony, Jovica Stanišić presented awards of valour to
Dragiša Grujić and Đurica Banjac, and awarded a watch to Dimitrije Lazić. 2847
1487. Witness JF-047, a Serb who was a member of various paramilitary units including the
unit referred to him as the Red Berets, 2848 testified that sometime in mid-March 1992, Debeli
informed his group that they were going to Ležimir near Sremska Mitrovica in Vojvodina for
a fitness training of three to four days, by six instructors of the Serbian police, in order to
prepare them for operational duties in Bosnia-Herzegovina. 2849 The Trial Chamber has
reviewed further relevant evidence on this group in relation to the Pajzoš camp.
1488. The Trial Chamber will first address the establishment of a camp at Ležimir. The Trial
Chamber considers that Witness JF-031’s evidence in respect of the establishment of the
Unit’s Ležimir camp at Fruška Gora, and the Accused’s involvement therein, is corroborated
by Simatović’s 1997 Kula speech and Captain Dragan’s statements in the documentary
2843 D457 (Series of Serbian MUP RDB and SDB documents relating to Davor Subotić), p. 7 (request for
operative checks, Davor Subotić, signed by Jovica Stanišić, 28 February 1992); P473 (request for operative
check, Radojica Božović, signed by Jovica Stanišić, 28 February 1992), pp. 1-2; P3199 (Series of Serbian MUP
SDB documents relating to Budimir Zečević), pp. 13-14 (request for operative check, Budimir Zečević, signed
by Jovica Stanišić, 28 February 1992); P179 (Series of Serbian MUP SDB documents relating to Dragan
Đorđević), p. 1 (request for operative check, Dragan Đorđević, signed by Jovica Stanišić, 28 February 1992);
P3185 (Series of Serbian MUP SDB documents relating to Aleksander Vuković), p. 7 (request for operative
checks, Aleksander Vuković, signed by Jovica Stanišić, 28 February 1992).
2844 In evidence as P1075. Military expert witness Reynaud Theunens concluded that, based on its content and
origins, exhibit P1075 had been drafted by a VJ Security Organ after May 1996. See Reynaud Theunens, T.
8081-8083, 8233-8237; P1575 (Reynaud Theunens expert report, 30 June 2007), p. 124.
2845 P1075 (Report on the formation of the JSO of the RDB of Serbia, unsigned, undated), pp. 5, 8-9, 11-12.
2846 P61 (Video of award ceremony at Kula with transcript), pp. 1-3, 7-8.
2847 P61 (Video of award ceremony at Kula with transcript), pp. 26-27.
2848 P1516 (Witness JF-047, witness statement, 22 April 2004), p. 1, paras 9, 25, 48.
2849 P1516 (Witness JF-047, witness statement, 22 April 2004), para. 29; Witness JF-047, T. 7621, 7669.
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