Temporary authorities in Pristina have ordered a one-month detention for Dejan Pelevic
PRISTINA – A pre-trial judge of the basic court of the temporary institutions in Pristina today ordered a detention of up to 30 days for Dejan Pelevic from Sočanica, who was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of allegedly committing a war crime against the civilian population in Srbica during the conflict in Kosovo and Metohija in 1999.
TL;DR
- Dejan Pelevic has been ordered into 30-day detention by a pre-trial judge in Pristina.
- He is suspected of committing war crimes against civilians in Srbica in 1999.
- The court cited risks of flight (due to Serbian citizenship) and evidence tampering as reasons for detention.
- Pelevic's lawyer, Predrag Miljkovic, argues there is no basis for the suspicion or the risk of flight.
- Miljkovic also stated that influencing witnesses is impossible as their statements have already been secured.
- Pelevic has lived in Kosovo for 27 years since the conflict and has Albanian friends.
- The Pristina prosecution suspects Pelevic of participating in the murder of 15 and disappearance of 16 Albanian civilians in March 1999.