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Podujevo 1999 – Beyond Reasonable Doubtnot know the name of that school. They took me inside one classroom andtold me to sit at the first desk. They handed me over to the Prokuplje Inspectorsand Novi Sad Quick Reaction Forces left the school and probably wentback to Novi Sad. I spent several hours in that classroom sitting at the firstdesk with the police officers.During the night, they took me to the Prokuplje prison. They placed me ina room; I think it was the room number six. Some other guy all wrappedup in bandages was in this room, as well. There was no electricity in thisroom. All of my personal effects were confiscated when I was entering theprison and I received a certificate on the temporary confiscation of property.I spent one whole day in this room. Afterwards I was taken to the upperfloor of the building, to the premises designated for the “administration”.They took me to the first room on the left where I found two inspectors.They approached me as if I was a criminal and they obtained all informationon me from Novi Sad, as if they knew who I was and what I did. Theystarted with a psychological torture. They started asking me if I knew aboutthe civilians killed in Podujevo. I told them that I knew and I described theevent exactly the way I told you today before the court. However, they toldme they would take me outside and execute me. Klikovac and Oparnicatold me that. They told me that my family did not know where I was, thatI will not see my family and neither will my family see me until I write andsign the statement they will read out to me. They kept repeating that theywould kill me. Later on I found out that my family did not know where Iwas. They talked with some general from Belgrade in my presence. He toldthem that I am hard to break, but that they could break me in some otherway. He obviously had my family in mind. In the end they clearly said to methat I could contact my family only when I wrote and signed a statementthey will read to me. I knew what I could expect if I did not do that. Inspectorswrote the statement on the typing machine and the only thing I couldhave done and I did was to put a signature different from my usual signature.They ordered me to give the same statement before the investigativejudge and then I would be released from detention.The court tells me that the statement given before the investigative judgein both cases provides detailed information regarding the plan of the facilities,direction of the trail, execution of a blonde woman, lining along thewall, certain persons giving orders, shooting itself, number of rifles, and67