Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric said a predictable and expected pressure and hunt against Serbs in Kosovo has started following the address of the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Saturday, Danas daily reports.

This way, Djuric reacted to the arrest of Serb Goran Stanisic at crossing point of Jarinje, under suspicion of allegedly committing the war crimes in Kosovo.

Serbian National Forum (SNF) from Gracanica reacted to the latest arrest of Serb displaced person at Jarinje crossing point warning it is impermissible pressure on the Serbs, reflected in a permanent threat of arrests at the administrative crossing points, under the excuse that they have committed war crimes in 1999, Tanjug reported.

SNF added this way a system of fear for personal security among the Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija is being established, in particular among the displaced persons, because Pristina wants to prevent their return.

Detention of Zlatan Krstic from Kragujevac, accused by Kosovo Special Prosecution of committing a war crime, was extended for two more months, his lawyer Dejan A. Vasic told Radio kontakt plus.

The prosecution links Krstic with disappearance and later with the murder of four members of the Nuhaj family from the village of Nerodimlje, Urosevac municipality.

Lawyer Vasic said at the moment he is not concerned over extended detention, how much he is concerned about the health situation of his client.

Council for the war crimes of the Basic Court in Pristina has extended the detention of Zlatan Krstic from Kragujevac for two more months, Radio kontakt plus reported. He is suspected of allegedly committing the war crimes, his lawyer Dejan A. Vasic said.

Krstic is suspected of taking part in the events in the village of Nerodimlje, Urosevac municipality, during March 1999 when members of Nuha family were murdered. Their bodies were found in a mass grave in Urosevac.

Basic Court in Pec has decided to extend detention of Zoran Djokic (48) displaced person from this town for two more months, under allegations that he has committed a war crime against the civilian population during the conflict in Kosovo in 1999, Radio kontakt plus reports.

Djokic’s lawyer Ljubomir Pantovic told Radio kontakt plus that the acts of the court and prosecution in relation to his client are utterly unlawful and go to the detriment of Zoran Djokic.

The Basic Court in Pec judge Sul Lokaj made decision to extend the house arrest to Klina returnee Milorad Zajic for two more months, KIM Radio reported.

Kosovo Special Prosecution suspects Zajic of committing a war crime, as he allegedly at the end of the 1999 conflict, as a police member took part in burning Albanian houses. He was arrested on 19 March 2018, and a day later placed under house arrest.

Kosovo Special Prosecutor for war crimes, Habibe Salihu interrogated today Milorad Zajic, returnee from Klina, within the investigation on events that took place during the conflict in the village of Dusevic.

Milorad Zajic is suspected “of taking part in disappearance” of the three members of the Mrmulaku family in June 1998, when there were war actions in the village.

A lawyer, Dejan A. Vasic told Kontakt plus radio arrested Serb returnee, Milorad Zajic from Klina was placed under house arrest. He is charged with allegedly committing a war crime during the conflict in Kosovo.

“Milorad Zajic would defend himself against false charges that he has committed a war crime from the house arrest,” Vlajic said.

Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Communities and Returns Dalibor Jevtic said yesterday that arrests of returnees without solid evidence are unacceptable.

It is not the first time that when a dialogue in Brussels continues, something happens on the ground to intentionally provoke and divert us from the main goal – talks about the Association of the Serb Municipalities, Secretary General of the Serbian President, Nikola Selakovic told media commenting on the arrest of a returnee, Milorad Zajic in Klina under charges of alleged war crimes.

Selakovic also recalled the arrest of Bogdan Mitrovic from Suva Reka municipality last year, who was visiting his place of origin for the last ten years.

Arrests of Serbs in Kosovo based on principle of “two witnesses” and without evidence must stop, mayor of the Mitrovica North municipality, Goran Rakic told KIM Radio.

Rakic also warned that such arrests intimidate Serb returnees.

“The experience tells us they arrest as a rule, reputable Serbs who wish to return to their places of origin, as Bozidar Mitrovic,” Rakic said.