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Podujevo 1999 – Beyond Reasonable Doubttion the defendants in their statements. We also had a limited mandate forundertaking certain actions. When I was mentioning a grammatical correctionI meant that punctuation was not conducted after they gave theirstatements. That means that the defendants were writing their own statementsand we wanted them to be clearer. While defendants were writingthe statements we were telling them where to put a point and make thesentences logical”.As an answer to the defence counsellor’s question, the witness said:“I met with the investigative judge and Klikovac was with me, as well asthe Prokuplje Secretariat of Interior Chief of the Crime Department. I cannotrecall who of the defendants that was. I called the family and informedthem that he was in detention. There is a rule saying that whoever is in detentionhis or her family must be informed. I do not have any documentationor decision for the three day long detention. Persons taken in for interrogationare usually handcuffed so that they could not hurt themselves.I cannot remember whether it was Cvjetan or Demirović that wanted tocontact the family. I only remember it was approved, but I cannot rememberwas it Demirović or Cvjetan Saša. I am trying to say that the defendantswere interrogated in the office. I was in constant contact with JovanovićMiško, who was the Chief of the Criminal Police within the Serbian Ministryof Interior. As for the qualification of the criminal offence, Klikovac andI made an agreement with the Prokuplje Public Prosecutor and decided toqualify this act as murder pursuant to Article 47 Paragraph 1 of the Republicof Serbia Criminal Code. However, we left a possibility for the prosecutorto reconsider the qualification of this act. Dragan Ilić was major generalat the time”.As an answer to the defendant’s question, the witness replied:“I did not tell the defendant what to write in the statement. He was writingthe statement himself.”It is noted that defence counsellor ore Kalanj left the courtroom with thepermission of the presiding judge. The other defence counsellor stayed inthe courtroom.107