4 minutes agoEnds hearings at The Hague, Mustafa's trial continues tomorrow with attorney's questions
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(5 years ago)The first witness against Salih Mustafa in The Hague has said he does not remember the day when he says he was taken by some who were introduced as members of the KLA, but has declared he was released on the 18th, which was the day that the offensive was launched in Zlata. Part three [...]
The third part of today's trial session, where the trial is held in the case of former Kosovo Liberation Army member Salih Mustafa, has been conducted with questions from Mustafa's lawyer.
The Witness has answered his defense questions about the day when he claims to have been taken by some, and about his stay in Zlata.
“E connected that date that 18 has been offensive, that you know. He was in the Zlata offensive, in Zlata in 18 and released us, and we were released for offensive. They let us go, they told us that the offensive fell... I didn't see the offensive, but they told us there when we got out, go away, and we don't know where to go, say the witness.
Mustafa's lawyer, Julia Von Bone, has asked the witness if he has seen the offensive and how long it took him to reach his place of residence.
It took me five or six hours. I forgot, I think at 11:00 was (when we were released)”, the witness said.
While at the moment of the ban, the witness has said that individuals have been introduced as military policemen and stressed that they have told him to go with them to Zlata because they have something to talk about.
Lawyer Von Bone: How long has the journey lasted?
Witness: If you say 20 minutes, they don't have more.
Lawyer Von Bone: Who did this to you?
Witness: That guy in the red hat.
Lawyer Von Bone: That's not the guy driving the car, this guy in the red hat.
Witness: No, no, no, no, no. No, no, no, no, no. No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Lawyer Von Bone: Can you describe that man (with a red hat)
Witness: I don't know with the parachute. I had the bag on top.
Lawyer Von Bone: How do you know she had a red hat then?
Witness: You know when the car came in, I got into the car, I had a minute or two, had a uniform hat was him, and the driver was in uniform, I don't know.
Lawyer: For as little as you can see, can you describe it, describe it?
Witness: No.
Lawyer Von Bone: Did it rain someday?
Witness: I don't know, I've never seen, I don't know, I don't remember.
Lawyer Von Bone: How you understood the passing days, how you distinguished one day from another.
Witness: I don't know where I am, nor what day it is, until I got out that day on the 18th.
The third part of today's session, accused Salih Mustafa has forwarded through the video link, something was allowed by the court,
Mustafa himself at the beginning of the session today had demanded the word where he had declared that he was facing stress recently, but as soon as he began to count the factors for his situation, the session has continued and closed.
The court has announced today that Mustafa will have the right to convey hearings through video connection, but in certain cases he will be invited by the court to be present in the hall.
This is the first trial to have started in Kosovo's Specialised Chambers in The Hague. Salih Mustafa is the first arrested by the Special. The Act against Mustafa was confirmed on June 12, 2020, while he was arrested on September 24th last year, with the claim of war crimes and against humanity.
In his statement before the court, Salih Mustafa has been declared innocent.
