There's risk of escape: How did the court bring down one reason for the detention of KLA leaders?

However, in a recent court ruling at The Hague, this prosecution's reasoning has been overturned. According to the Special Court, the threat of escape no longer stands as an excuse at this time.

However, detention has been continued due to the risk of influence on evidence.

The decline in the reasoning of escape has been disclosed in some statements that have been published so far, reports the Nacional newspaper.

“Panel has examined the prosecution's arguments in light of the current phase of procedure, and since the risk of escape can never be fully ruled out, he confirms that he does not find any additional convincing factors to convince the panel to change the previous decision regarding the risk of flight. Hence, the panel finds that continuing Mr. Wessel may not be justified at this moment because of the risk of fleeing in accordance with Article 41ʹ6) çfarëb)”, the decision states.

The court has also dropped a provision of the prosecution, where the latter mention Salih Mustaf's sentence as argument for continuing detention.

About the prosecution's argument that the indictment in the case against Salih Mustafa would increase Mr. Wessel for the possibility of a longer sentence on himself, the panel considers this a speculative. Z The SP has not demonstrated that this factor exceeds the other factors the panel has taken into account in its earlier decisions. In any case, Mr. Wessel is promised to be innocent”, says this decision.

These decisions have also been applied to other indictees such as Thaci, Krasniqi and Selimi, not only to Kadri Veselin.

However, The Hague prosecution has also mentioned the danger of running away in the last request for detention. So he insisted on the argument even though he had been knocked twice by the court.

“Vessel is aware of the serious charges confirmed against him, the possible long prison sentence that could result from them, and through the ongoing intelligence process, he is constantly gaining more knowledge of the evidence that will be presented in connection with those crimes. However, the continuation of the trial leads to the risk of fleeing to an even higher level, as Wessel already sees evidence against him repeatedly entering the record. The combination of continuing to gain more full knowledge of the case against him, in view of the fact that the guilty evidence enters into the chip, and looking through Mustafa's case for the real possibility of a long sentence, raises Wessel's risk of escaping into a pretty real possibility, says this prosecution statement.

Since the time they were arrested in November 2020, the four KLA leaders have remained in custody all the time. Just like the other accused.

It has denied all requests for freedom or house arrest, even requests that have included guarantees from powerful states.