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Podujevo 1999 – Beyond Reasonable Doubtthat says that every explanation 5 must be obeyed no matter if the unit is forspecial purposes or not, regardless of the consequences, and the followingsentence, “The direct superior at the scene was ‘Guljo’, and we actedupon his command”. The prosecutor is asking who was “Guljo” when SlobodanMedić “Boca” is mentioned as the commander and Rajko Olujić ashis deputy. The prosecutor is asking the defendant to explain this part ofthe statement.The defendant replies: “I have already explained and I thought that MrProsecutor has understood it, nothing in that statement is true, if we aretalking about the statement given on 24 May 1999. However, I repeat againthat our unit must operate according to the rules of engagement and customsof war.”The state prosecutor asked the defendant how it was possible that he wentwith Rajko Olujić when the commander ordered that nobody should leavethe scene at the time of the meeting.The defendant replied, “Rajko Olujić will give you an answer to that questionbecause he was my direct superior and he called me to come alongwith him.”The defence counsellor, ore Kalanj, asked the defendant whether or nothe received from the presiding judge a decision for the ex officio appointmentof attorney, and when was that.The defendant replied, “I never received a decision on the ex officio appointmentof attorney.”Kalanj then asked the defendant when was the first time he had a counsellorafter 24 May 1999 when he was interrogated before the investigativejudge, and who was the counsellor.The defendant replied, “Some five or six days after I was interrogated, lawyerBožidar Filipović from Prokuplje came to me for the first time, but I can-5 Probably – ‘order’71