Former Official Says Milosevic Never Ordered Army to Destroy EvidenceThe former chief of the general staff of the Yugoslav armed forces, Dragol Jubojdanich, told a local newspaper that former President of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milosevic had never ordered the army to destroy evidence of war crimes during the Kosovo war, a southern province of Serbia.The Yugoslav news agency Tanjug on Thursday quoted an interview given by Jubojdanich to a local newspaper as saying Milosevic had never issued such orders. "On the contrary, he made instructions on several occasions to immediately punish those involved in war crimes when he was briefed on soldiers' committing war crimes (in Kosovo)," Jubojdanich said. He said the Serbian Interior Ministry should come out with evidences and refrain from cheating the public and accusing the army of involving in the alleged "refrigerator truck" case. The Yugoslav army denied any connection to the case on Monday. In late May, Serbian Interior Minister Dusan Mihajlovic said a refrigerator truck containing 86 bodies was found in the Danube River on April 6, 1999. The Serbian Interior Ministry alleged that the Yugoslav army was ordered to dump the bodies into the river to destroy evidence of war crimes and that Milosevic was involved in the case. |
| People's Daily Online --- http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/ |