January 08, 2012

Former Serb politician’s life in danger at The Hague - lawyers

Former Serb politician's life in danger at The Hague - lawyers

­The life of Vojislav Seselj, the former leader of the Serbian Radical Party, is alleged to have been threatened in the hospital of the International Criminal Tribune for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague, according to his lawyers and representatives of his party. Lawyer Zoran Krasic says Seselj, who is currently standing trial at the Hague, was advised to take new medication at the hospital but refused to do so. He also stressed that the doctor at the hospital said he had not prescribed the new medication to Seselj and that Seselj had not taken this medication before. Seselj was hospitalized due to heart problems. Doctor Miloslav Bojic, who also spoke at the press-conference, said his regimen had to be changed so as to prevent him from suffering the fate of Slobodan Milosevic, who died in jail in 2006.  Vojislav Seselj was the leader of the nationalist Serbian Radical Party during the 1990s and surrendered himself to the ICTY in 2003. He is being tried on charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes.

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