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Milosevic police chief arrested
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SERBIA'S new reformist government has launched its strongest attack yet on former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, arresting former Serbian secret police chief and Milosevic ally Rade Markovic.
Markovic, the highest-ranking official from the former government to be arrested since Milosevic was overthrown in a popular vote in October, is under investigation for “premeditated murder", Serbian Justice Minister Vladan Batic said late on Saturday.
A leading parliamentarian suggested the arrest was just the beginning of a process which would culminate in Milosevic himself being brought to trial.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague has indicted the former president and four of his top allies for war crimes allegedly committed in the Kosovo conflict in 1998-99.
So far, Yugoslav officials, especially Milosevic's reformist successor Vojislav Kostunica, have been extremely reluctant to hand over the wanted men, arguing that the constitution forbids extradition of Yugoslav citizens.(SD-Agencies)
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