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Podujevo 1999 – Beyond Reasonable DoubtRULINGWitness Aleksandar orević and witness Radica Marinković should beconfronted.They were confronted and they both stick to their previous statements.However, witness orević was asked another question and he answered:“I did not see two persons in civilian clothes in the room where defendantCvjetan was interrogated. It is possible that these two people were our supportat the time.”Witness Radica Marinković gave the following statement:“Aco, I remember that you entered the room, looked at us, and asked if weneeded anything. You did not look to the side where these people were sitting”and the witness added, “That is why, I assume, the witness did notsee these people, who were sitting in the office because there is a desk rightin front of the door and there is no other place to go.”Aleksandar orević was asked another question and he said, “It is possiblethat I did not see a part of the room and the lights in this room are bad.This room is twelve metres long and four metres wide and the desks areplaced in an L-shape. I would have seen the attorney for sure because hisplace is right next to the door.”Defence counsellor ore Kalanj stated that during the procedure on appealagainst the first instance court’s verdict, he obtained information fromthe Ministry of Justice Department for the Execution of the Criminal Penaltiesthat the record on the visits to the Prokuplje District Prison was in theMinistry of Justice and in view of this, he proposed that the respective informationbe demanded from the administration and after this information isobtained the defence counsel will make proposals in view of this fact.The deputy district public prosecutor and the injured parties’ representativesproposed that the statements given by witnesses to the moment beread and they have no new proposals for the probative procedure.255