On September 13th ZPS presents concluding statement in trial against Salih Mustaf

On 13 September, the Specialised Prosecutor's Office will present its concluding statement in the case against former Kosovo Liberation Army Commander Salih Mustafa. So has the Judicial Chamber headed by Mapie Veldt Foglia, which has also set September 14th the date when Mustafa's defence will make the final declaration.

The final declaration of the defense of the victims will also be made on that date.

According to the decision, which has been made known by the Specialised Chambers, Answers and Questions from the Judicial Chamber, as well as statements concerning damage are scheduled to be held on September 15th, while September 16th has been divided as a reserve day.

On August 31st, the Judicial Chamber determined the agenda for final statements on the Mustafa court case, scheduled to be held from September 13th to September 15th (day 16th as a reserve day). The agenda, which may have changes during the hearing based on the decisions of the Judicial Chamber, concretely, among other things, that the SPS closing statement will be held on 13 September, followed by the victims' Protection and Protection on September 14th. The answers, questions from the Judicial Chamber and statements concerning damage are scheduled to be held on September 15th, said further in the decision”, reportedly in the decision of the Judicial Chamber, the KP broadcasts.

In the trial process against Salih Mustaf has ended presenting evidence from the SPS and from defence.

Thirteen witnesses from the Special Prosecutor's Office have been heard at the courtroom, many of them protected and in closed or edited sessions.

And Salih Mustafa's defense has presented 15 witnesses.

Early in this process Salih Mustafa, who faces charges of alleged war crimes, was declared innocent before the court.

According to the Specialised Chambers “The confirmed indictment stipulates that approximately between April 1st 1999 and April 19, 1999, at a detention complex in Zlatko, Kosovo, arbitrary detention crimes, cruel treatment and torture against at least six persons” were committed. Also, in the indictment it is said that “in a date between April 19, 1999, or about this date, and about the end of April 1999, a banned “was killed at that location.

Salih Mustafa is staying in custody at The Hague from September 24th 2020, when he was arrested.