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CHRONOLOGY OF TRIAL OF SAŠA CVJETANFOR CRIME COMMITTED IN PODUJEVOATTORNEY DRAGOLJUB TODOROVIĆThe criminal trial of Saša Cvjetan, a member of the “Scorpions” unit, a reserveRepublic of Serbia Ministry of Interior unit, for the act of war crimecommitted against civilian population on 28 March 1999 in Podujevo, Kosovo,when 14 Albanian civilians (women, children, and old people) werekilled, is followed with rather unusual circumstances, particular characteristics,and specific things. It could be said that it represents a paradigm forall political, judicial, and other obstacles, which occur in all trials for warcrimes initiated in Serbia and Montenegro.Saša Cvjetan received a call up for military duty from the “Scorpions” unitCommander Slobodan Medić and joined the unit on 24 March 1999 whenthe NATO forces’ intervention in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia began.130 members of this unit were issued with weapons in the Serbian Ministryof Interior’s storage site in Belgrade and they arrived in Prolom Banja,which is close to Kosovo, on 25 March 1999 where the Commanders of theRepublic of Serbia Special Counterterrorism units waited for them. There,the Scorpions unit was transferred into the Special Counterterrorism reserveunits upon the order issued by Colonel General Vlastimir orević,known as Roa, who was the then Commander of the Republic of SerbiaMinistry of Interior Public Security Department.The Scorpions took off for Podujevo in the early morning hours on 28March 1999 by the same buses that brought them to Prolom Banja. Rightafter they arrived, a group of 4 or 5 soldiers broke into one Albanian houseand killed 14 Albanian civilians (women, children, and old people).Opening of Case Against Two “Scorpions” MembersThe Prokuplje District Public Prosecutor submitted an Investigation OpeningRequest against two “Scorpions” members Cvjetan Saša and DemirovićDejan because of the reasonable doubt that they committed the act ofmurder in a yard of one house in Podujevo on 28 March 1999. They alleg-352