The former commander of the 3rd Corps of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH), Sakib Mahmuljin, was sentenced to eight years in prison by the judgment of the Court of BiH because the court concluded that he did not prevent the murders and inhumane acts of the members of the ”El-Mudzahid” detachment in the area of Vozuca and Zavidovici.
In April, the BiH Court issued a second-instance verdict six years after the start of the court process and more than 25 years after the crimes committed against Serb civilians and captured members of the Army of the Republika Srpska (VRS) in the area of Zavidovici and Vozuca.
The indictment charged Sakib Mahmuljin with having committed the criminal offense of war crimes against prisoners of war, war crimes against the wounded and sick, and war crimes against the civilian population.
Yesterday, Mahmuljin was supposed to come to the Court of BiH in order to be handed a document directing him to serve his sentence.
”Convicted Sakib Mahmuljin did not respond to the invitation of the Court of BiH to get a referral document directing him to serve a prison sentence. The court will take the actions prescribed by law so that the convicted Mahmuljin can start serving a prison sentence,” the Court of BiH stated.
In the period after the sentencing, information emerged that Mahmuljin, after being sentenced to eight years in prison, left BiH and went to Turkey for treatment, about which his lawyer informed the Court of BiH, Klix.ba reports.
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