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Hague Prosecutors Call Female Kosovo MP for Questioning
Time Kadrijaj, an MP from the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, AAK party, said on Thursday that she has been invited for an interview by the Specialist Prosecutor's Office, which is probing wartime and post-war crimes in Kosovo.
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Kosovo Liberation Army Ex-Guerrilla Convicted of War Crime
The court in Prizren on Wednesday sentenced Remzi Shala, a former Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA unit commander known during wartime as 'The Red Apple', to 14 years in prison for committing a war crime.
Shala was convicted of the kidnapping of Haxhi Perteshi from Duhel, a village in the Suhareka/Suva Reka area in 1998. Days after he was seized, Perteshi was found dead.
Hague Prosecutors to Question Two More Kosovo Ex-Guerrillas
A Kosovo Liberation Army uniform badge. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Adam Jones.
Shala told Pristina-based Klan Kosova TV that he has been invited as a witness and will travel to The Hague on April 17.
Asked why the prosecutors want to interview him, he responded: "I have no idea."
Kosovo Special Court ‘Dinner Incident’ Sparks Impartiality Calls
Lawyer Arianit Koci dining with judge Vladimir Mikula in Pristina on Monday. Photo: BIRN.
The Humanitarian Law Centre's call came after judge Vladimir Mikula, who has been appointed to the Specialist Chambers, was seen dining with Kosovo lawyer Arianit Koci at a restaurant in Pristina.
‘Accused’ Kosovo Ex-Commander to be Quizzed in The Hague
A KLA veteran protesting against the new Kosovo war tribunal. Photo: BIRN/Atdhe Mulla.
"I was invited as someone accused of criminal offenses, but they did not mention which cases," Tara said.
He said he was invited for questioning on March 5, 6, and 7, and that he would tell the prosecutors that the KLA fought a defensive war.
Hague Prosecution Calls Kosovo MP for Questioning
Blerim Kuci. Photo: BIRN.
"Today I received the invitation letter and the order to appear before the high prosecutor of the Specialist Prosecutor's Office in The Hague, on March 12, 2019," Kuci wrote in a statement sent to local media on Thursday.
He added that he will "fulfil the obligation and will respond to this order".
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Kosovo Ex-Guerrilla Quizzed by Hague Prosecutors as ‘Suspect’
Isuf Gashi speaks to Kosovo media after being questioned by the Specialist Prosecutor's Office. Photo: BIRN.
"I was interviewed as a suspect," Gashi said after the interview.
He said that he told the Hague prosecutors that the KLA did not commit war crimes.