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Page 2037

1 Yes, Mr. Emmerson.

2 MR. EMMERSON: If we can start, please, with paragraphs 3 and 4.

3 Q. And I'm just going to read them out to you and obviously can you

4 follow in the official translation.

5 [As read] "On the 26th of November, 2010, I provided a signed

6 witness statement to the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICTY which

7 concluded a series of interviews I had had with the OTP on the 23rd, and

8 24th, and 25th of November from 9.30 to 1.00 and on 26th of November,

9 2010 from 1.00 until 7.00" - that's 1300 till 1900 hours - "in the

10 presence of the mentioned Serbian and OTP officials.

11 "My witness statement was read back to me on the 26th of

12 November 2010 in Serbian and English and corrections were made according

13 to my instructions."

14 Paragraph 5:

15 "During the course of my interviews I also made corrections

16 and/or changes to my account of some events."

17 Paragraph 6:

18 "At the request of the OTP I am willing to elaborate on the

19 following corrections or changes I made during the above-mentioned

20 interview."

21 Now, pausing there, you understood, did you, that you were

22 signing a statement recording the changes in the account that you had

23 given in that series of meetings between the 23rd and the 26th of

24 November?

25 A. Yes.

Page 2038

1 Q. I'm now going to go through a section of text. First I'm going

2 to go through it completely from the beginning to the end of each section

3 and then I'm going to go back through it with you in more detail.

4 Starting at paragraph 7: "During the interview, towards the end

5 of the first day (23rd November 2010) whilst explaining the incident

6 concerning the Serb and two Roma prisoners, I did state that it was Lahi

7 Brahimaj, also known as Maxhup, who cut the ear of one of the Roma

8 prisoners and hit the Serb boy in the eye with his baseball bat after

9 which he took out his eye. I also said that Toger was present but that I

10 could not recall whether he had done anything besides cursing and

11 insulting the three prisoners."

12 Paragraph 8: "However, during the interview on the following day

13 (24th November 2010) when my account was reviewed, I stated that I had

14 made a mistake about the person cutting the ear and that it was Toger and

15 not Maxhup that cut the ear of the Serb boy [sic] and not the Roma and

16 that this happened after the beatings of the prisoners."

17 Paragraph 9: "Being asked by the OTP I didn't changed my

18 account, I state the following: The first days of my interview I was

19 very reluctant to provide information about specific events I was

20 questioned about. I was very concerned about the purpose of the

21 interview and whom it concerned. During the course of the interviews I

22 felt more comfortable and did not see any reason for me not to provide

23 additional information."

24 Paragraph 10: "Since the start of the interview I have

25 remembered the events and could not sleep. I kept thinking about the

Page 2039

1 events and while memorizing the events, I realized I had made a mistake

2 about the names of the individuals involved in this very incident. I had

3 not spoken about these events before. This was the first time I had

4 spoken of them since they occurred."

5 Paragraph 11: "I recalled that it was Toger who cut the ear of

6 the Serb prisoner and not of the Roma prisoner as I had wrongly mentioned

7 during the interview.

8 "I also recall that it was Maxhup, indeed, who hit the Serb

9 prisoner on the eye with the baseball bat but that it was Toger who took

10 out the boy's eye afterwards and not Maxhup."

11 Pausing there, please.

12 Can we return to paragraph 7 now. I wanted to make sure you had

13 the whole picture of what it was that you had said to the Prosecutor

14 during the course of these interviews. And then I want to ask you in a

15 bit more detail about each of the various accounts that you have given at

16 different times.

17 So if we start with paragraph 7, you there are confirming that

18 when interviewed by the Prosecutor for the first time on the 23rd of

19 November, you alleged that Lahi Brahimaj, Maxhup, cut the ear of one of

20 the Roma; is that right?

21 A. I can tell that there were a lot of mistakes in the

22 interpretation that I was hearing. Perhaps we misunderstood one another.

23 I can tell that there's a number of mistakes.

24 I stand by what I said and let me remind that it was 13 years

25 ago --

Page 2040

1 Q. [Previous translation continues] ... stop giving explanations

2 before I've asked you for explanations. This has got nothing to do with

3 interpretation what you told -- in this statement here, you confirmed

4 that the first account you gave to the Prosecutor was that Lahi Brahimaj

5 cut the ear of one of the Roma prisoners. This is not about

6 interpretation. This is you confirming here that that was what you said

7 and meant to say; correct?

8 A. I apologise, but what you're saying is not correct.

9 Q. [Previous translation continues] ...

10 A. I told you --

11 Q. Let me read you what you signed. And I'm just reading you the

12 words on the page that you, yourself, have confirmed: "I did state that

13 it was Lahi Brahimaj, also known as Maxhup, who cut the ear of one of the

14 Roma prisoners."

15 Now are you now saying that you didn't say that to the

16 Prosecutor?

17 A. Well, I just explained clearly to you that it was down to

18 interpretation. Evidently, I failed to understand some of these issues

19 properly, plus I was afraid, which is understandable.

20 So I wanted to say that Toger and let me explain this to you once

21 again, Idriz Balaj, that's why these corrections had to be made because I

22 was under stress.

23 Q. [Previous translation continues] ...

24 A. And, of course, under such circumstances every individual is

25 afraid.

Page 2041

1 Q. Just pause, please.

2 JUDGE MOLOTO: Can you just told it there, Mr. Witness.

3 That explanation you are giving, we understand, and that

4 explanation is given in the paragraphs below. I'm sure you heard

5 Mr. Emmerson read to you. What you are being asked now is whether you do

6 confirm that at paragraph 7 you stated that you did state that it was

7 Lahi Brahimaj, also known as Maxhup, who cut the ear of one of the Roma

8 prisoners and hit the Serb boy in the eye with his baseball bat.

9 Now, the answer to that question is: Yes, I confirm; or no, I

10 don't confirm. It can only be one of those two.

11 The explanation, we understand the explanation, and you have

12 given it in this statement, but at this point, you are not being asked

13 about the explanation.

14 Are you able to confirm that this mistake that you identify as

15 having been made is exactly as you stated it, that this was a mistake?

16 THE WITNESS: [Interpretation] Yes, that's correct.

17 MR. EMMERSON:

18 Q. Just so that we're clear, it is not an interpretation problem -

19 is it? - as you said a moment ago. This was your mistake; correct?

20 A. I said a moment ago that because this was the first time I met

21 OTP investigators from The Hague and I was afraid and 13 years on, it was

22 just natural to make mistakes. It is very difficult to remember

23 everything clearly.

24 Q. That is a different explanation from saying that you were

25 misinterpreted. You understand that it is important that we get your

Page 2042

1 evidence accurate and what I need to have, and I think you've clarified

2 it already but you accept that your first account that you gave to the

3 Prosecutor was that it was Maxhup who cut off the ear of one of the Roma

4 boys; correct?

5 MS. KRAVETZ: The witness has answered that question,

6 Your Honour. It's at line 1 of page 61.

7 JUDGE MOLOTO: Yeah, that's when I asked the question.

8 MR. EMMERSON: Very well.

9 Q. And you also told the Prosecutor in the first account that you

10 gave that Maxhup hit the Serb boy in the eye with his baseball bat after

11 which he took out his eye. Is that right? Is that what you told the

12 Prosecutor?

13 A. Yes.

14 Q. And you said that though Toger was present, you couldn't recall

15 him -- seeing him doing anything apart from cursing and insulting the

16 prisoners. Is that right? That's what you said.

17 A. Yes.

18 Q. Let me just ask you one or two questions about that.

19 You gave us an account on Monday and Tuesday, you didn't say

20 anything to us at all -- I'm sorry, I'll just give the Judges a moment.

21 JUDGE MOLOTO: I'm sorry, Mr. Emmerson.

22 MR. EMMERSON: Not at all. Not at all.

23 JUDGE MOLOTO: It's just a concern about time. And the Chamber

24 just wants to find out from you if these statements are not

25 res ipsa loquitur.

Page 2043

1 MR. EMMERSON: That is a -- that is a legal --

2 JUDGE MOLOTO: Because I don't want to be understood by people

3 who shouldn't understand [Overlapping speakers] ...

4 MR. EMMERSON: I understand what Your Honour is doing. I

5 think -- I think I take the point, but I've obviously taken a judgement

6 that it's nonetheless right to put the matters that need to be put to the

7 witness. I take Your Honours's point that the statements themselves have

8 certain significance.

9 JUDGE MOLOTO: [Overlapping speakers] ... the Chamber does

10 recognise your right to go through them. The concern is just the awful

11 amount of time it is going to take. But, you know, the Chamber is in

12 your hands.

13 MR. EMMERSON: Yes. I -- I -- I obviously considered how best to

14 put them and I think it may be that Your Honours are concerned unduly

15 about the length of time some of these lines of questioning may in the

16 end take. If I can put it that way.

17 JUDGE MOLOTO: I was just sort of alerting you to that side of

18 the story and for you to take an informed decision or how you proceed

19 herefrom. The Chamber is not going to interfere with you.

20 MR. EMMERSON: In terms of time, more generally, I would

21 anticipate, in any event, that I'm liable to be into tomorrow with this

22 witness. So, if that's any help at all.

23 JUDGE MOLOTO: That's fine. That's fine.

24 MR. GUY-SMITH: For purposes of your generalised concern, I will

25 not be re-plowing feeds that have already been plowed. So I think you

Page 2044

1 may be able to take some comfort from that as well.

2 JUDGE MOLOTO: [Overlapping speakers] ...

3 MR. HARVEY: And, again, if I can offer some assistance, the

4 longer Mr. Emmerson is, the shorter I will be.

5 JUDGE MOLOTO: [Microphone not activated]

6 MR. EMMERSON:

7 Q. Witness 81, you gave us a very detailed account yesterday and on

8 Monday about the sequence of events. You -- you haven't mentioned to us

9 at any point anybody's eye was taken out. What is the position about

10 that? Do you allege that one of these prisoners had their eyes taken

11 out?

12 A. When I came here, let me explain this to you, and I'll be brief.

13 Q. [Previous translation continues] ... yes or no first? Could you

14 just tell us yes or no, whether you're claiming that one of the prisoners

15 had their eyes taken out. Just answer that question yes or no first.

16 A. You're not allowing me to give an answer.

17 Q. I am. I'm allowing you to give an answer yes or no. Yes, I do

18 allege it, or, no, I do not allege it.

19 A. Can you repeat that again the question. A moment ago ...

20 Q. Are you claiming that one of these prisoners had their eye taken

21 out; yes or no?

22 A. Yes.

23 Q. Who do you say had their eye taken out? One of the Roma boys or

24 the Serb boy? You don't need to find the answer in your statement,

25 witness. Just answer the question. You were there.

Page 2045

1 A. I said yes. An eye was taken out to the Serb. Serb's eye.

2 Q. Thank you. And by whom?

3 A. Maxhup.

4 Q. I see. So it was Maxhup who took the Serb's eye out, was it?

5 A. Yes.

6 Q. Can you look at paragraph 12 in this statement, please.

7 "I also recall that it was Maxhup who hit the Serb prisoner on

8 the eye with the baseball bat but that it was Toger who took the boy's

9 eye out afterwards."

10 Do you see that? "And not Maxhup." You see that, that's the

11 statement that you made?

12 A. Yes, I can see that.

13 Q. That was your correction statement, witness. [Microphone not

14 activated] ... consider your evidence again: Was an eye taken out?

15 A. I told you quite clearly that it was the Serb boy who had his eye

16 taken out.

17 Q. You also told us quite clearly just two moments ago that it was

18 Maxhup that took it out.

19 A. Yes.

20 Q. Why did you tell the Prosecutor that it was Toger that took it

21 out then?

22 A. I said that Toger cut the ear.

23 Q. [Previous translation continues] ... look at paragraph 11 and 12.

24 Paragraph 12 of your correction statement: "I ... recalled that

25 it was Maxhup ... who hit the Serb prisoner on the eye with the baseball

Page 2046

1 bat but that it was Toger who took out the boy's eye out afterwards and

2 not Maxhup."

3 Do you see that? That was after you had an opportunity to

4 reflect and correct the errors that you'd made. Which is it? Toger or

5 Maxhup?

6 A. I told you quite clearly a moment ago. Evidently you fail to

7 understand what I'm saying. Perhaps I was frightened at the time I was

8 telling the story.

9 So, to describe this event clearly to you, let me say that I was

10 describing the events as they happened. It wasn't that I was addressing

11 these issues once by one as you are doing now. I said that Maxhup hit, I

12 said that quite clearly. And then for Toger, I said that he cut the ear

13 off. So this is where the misunderstanding could have arisen from,

14 because at one point, I was referring both to Maxhup and Toger.

15 Q. I just want to know where we've ended up in this account. Who

16 cut, took the eye out?

17 JUDGE MOLOTO: I think --

18 THE WITNESS: [Interpretation] I told you clearly that it was

19 Maxhup who took the Serb's eye out. Should I say it more clearly:

20 Maxhup.

21 Now Toger was the one who cut the ear off. If you need me to

22 spell it out for you, I will. T-o-g-e-r.

23 MR. EMMERSON:

24 Q. Why didn't you mention the incident about the eye being taken out

25 on Monday or Tuesday?

Page 2047

1 A. As you can tell, I'm under a great deal of stress. I was merely

2 wanting to get it all over and done with, as soon as possible. So I may

3 have, in the process ...

4 Q. You may have, what, in the process?

5 A. Overlooked it.

6 Q. So in the account that you've given, you forgot about somebody

7 taking another human being's eye out; is that right?

8 A. I did explain it to you a while ago.

9 Right. So we're back to that same thing. I told you clearly

10 that this is the first time I'm before a court of law, and I'm afraid,

11 and I have stage fright, and if I omitted some of the details, I

12 apologise.

13 Q. Let's return to the question of -- of the severance of the ear.

14 Paragraph 8 in this correction witness statement, you corrected

15 yourself, having said originally that it was Maxhup who cut the ear off

16 of the Roma, you then said at paragraph 8 that the following day, you

17 said that you had made a mistake and that it was Toger and not Maxhup

18 that cut of ear of the Serb and not the Roma.

19 So you changed both the cutter and the victim in your account

20 from day one to day two; correct?

21 A. That's correct.

22 Q. You then give two different explanations at paragraphs 9 and 10.

23 I just want to understand so that the Judges have it clear. When you

24 gave the first account that you gave, did you know it was false or did

25 you believe it to be true?

Page 2048

1 A. Can you repeat this again?

2 Q. When you gave the first account of Maxhup cutting the ear of the

3 Roma boy, did you know that account was false or did you believe it to be

4 true?

5 A. I did know that it was not true later on, when I returned.

6 Q. But you say at the time that you gave it, you believed it to be

7 true; is that right?

8 A. At the time I was talking about these events, I was under stress

9 and if I omitted a name, it was due to the fact that I was describing the

10 event and that's where the confusion about the names came about.

11 Q. You see, the problem is that you were very specifically asked by

12 the Prosecutor on the first day: Did Toger do anything? And you said:

13 I didn't see him do anything.

14 You were specifically asked that question. And you said, I

15 didn't see Toger do anything, except cursing or swearing.

16 Now, if you saw Toger cut someone's ear off, whether it's the

17 Serb or the Roma, why did you tell the Prosecutor that he didn't do

18 anything?

19 A. When you -- or whenever I mentioned any of the three gentlemen, I

20 am afraid, more than you can imagine. And that's the reason why I was

21 steering clear of names. I am afraid.

22 Q. I see. But can we be clear about this. I mean, can we at least

23 agree on one thing, that when you made your correction statement, you

24 were absolutely clear that nobody had cut any ears of any Roma.

25 A. Sorry, I don't understand.

Page 2049

1 Q. Let me read it again to you. Paragraph 11: "I recalled it was

2 Toger who cut the ear of the Serb prisoner and not of the Roma prisoner."

3 There's no suggestion that any -- either of the Roma prisoners

4 had their ear cut off, was there?

5 A. That's not right. I've been explaining this to you in no unclear

6 terms, and you've been taking all this time, and it's becoming

7 ridiculous, to be honest.

8 I will explain this to you out of respect for this Court, and I

9 will say that I was frightened at the time I was giving the statement,

10 but that's why I have been testifying clearly all this time. And if I

11 did make a mistake, well, I tried to correct. For instance, now, just

12 now, I remembered something that I testified about on Monday. Something

13 that I said to the Prosecutor.

14 Q. I appreciate that it's difficult for you to keep up with the

15 various versions that you've given, but that's because you're making them

16 up, I suggest.

17 A. Well, you can reinvent the wheel for all I care, but we are in a

18 court of law, and you are an educated man. You shouldn't be expressing

19 yourself in those terms.

20 Q. Don't worry about how I express myself. You concentrate on

21 making sure that what you say is the truth.

22 Can I have a look at 65 ter 3118. This is the other completed

23 statement that you made.

24 JUDGE MOLOTO: Just before we do that, Mr. Emmerson, what do you

25 want to do with 65 ter 3119?

Page 2050

1 MR. EMMERSON: I'm going to come back to it but I'm also going to

2 tender it in due course. I'm happy to tender it now but I'm going to

3 come back to it.

4 JUDGE MOLOTO: Sure. Why don't you tender it? You can recall it

5 as an exhibit.

6 MR. EMMERSON: Very well. Can I tender it now.

7 JUDGE MOLOTO: It's admitted into evidence. May it please be

8 given an exhibit number.

9 THE REGISTRAR: Your Honours, 65 ter 03119 will be Exhibit D201,

10 under seal.

11 JUDGE MOLOTO: Under seal. Thank you so much.

12 Yes, Mr. Emmerson.

13 MR. EMMERSON: Can we just call up -- if you give me a moment I

14 think, provided it's not coming up on the screen for the public, it is

15 acceptable to do this in open session.

16 Q. What's coming up now, Witness 81, is the final statement that you

17 made to the Prosecutor and signed on the 26th of November.

18 MR. EMMERSON: Can we turn to paragraph 54, please.

19 Q. It reads as follows: "I saw Toger grabbing the Serb by the hair

20 on the back of his head and took out the eye that was bleeding with his

21 knife."

22 You see that?

23 A. I do.

24 Q. Was that true or false?

25 A. This isn't correct. This is definitely not correct.

Page 2051

1 Q. So in both of the witness statements in which you signed in which

2 you said that, it now turns out that that was wrong; correct?

3 A. What I'm looking at is not right.

4 Q. I know it's not what you're now saying, Witness 81, because I

5 asked you a little while ago about this. Having made no mention at all,

6 the incident about the eye in your testimony, I asked you about it, and

7 you said it was Maxhup who took out an eye. It now appears, as you can

8 see, that you twice told the Prosecutor that it was Toger who took out an

9 eye.

10 A. I told you properly a moment ago how it all happened, and why.

11 But let me do it again so that it is quite clear to the

12 Prosecution and everybody else. I was under stress. I was frightened.

13 And if I didn't say everything, well, it isn't easy to speak of these

14 things. You'll forgive me. Of course, I made mistakes, and I can see

15 that. And as would any other man who has experienced these events and

16 who is afraid. That's natural.

17 Q. You then say in paragraph 44 that he, that is, Toger then turned

18 to the two Roma and stabbed them several times with full force to the

19 chest area with his knife and his uniform was covered in blood.

20 Was that true or false?

21 A. That's true.

22 Q. So can you just help the Judges to understand if that is true why

23 it was or how it could have been that on the first day you told the

24 Prosecutor that you had no idea whether Toger had done anything?

25 A. I did tell you that, but we're back to square one.

Page 2052

1 I told you that the first time I came here I may have made

2 mistakes because I was fearful. I was afraid for my safety and for my

3 family. But if I make mistakes, that doesn't mean that it isn't the

4 truth. I also may have forgotten some of these issues, because of the

5 fear for myself and my family. And I think it is only natural that I

6 should be afraid.

7 Q. So let's go to the account that you gave to the Tribunal then,

8 yesterday.

9 First of all, you told us that Toger cut off the Roma boy's ear;

10 is that right?

11 A. I'm not sure if I stated that correctly, sir. I apologise if I

12 mixed something up. But I explained clearly --

13 Q. [Previous translation continues] ...

14 A. -- that it was done to both the Roma and the Serb. Please let me

15 finish. Or otherwise you'll continue talking and I'll remain silent.

16 I said that it was difficult for me and that I was scared for my

17 family. And tried to be very clear with you. I don't know how to

18 explain this to you. You seem to have a hard time understanding me.

19 Q. [Previous translation continues] ... I don't have a hard time

20 understanding you at all, Witness 81. [Microphone not activated] how

21 you've come to make the accounts that you have.

22 Now, yesterday, first of all, and this is transcript 1922,

23 line 25, the first thing you told us was that Toger cut off the Roma

24 boy's ear. Did you, or did he not cut off the Roma boy's ear; yes or no?

25 A. Yes. And the Serb boy's too.

Page 2053

1 Q. Never mind the Serb boy for the moment. Why did you tell the

2 Prosecutor in the witness statements that we've looked at, and, in

3 particular, the second witness statement, that the -- that Toger did not

4 cut off the ear of the Roma boy? Paragraph 11 of your second statement

5 says: "I recall that it was Toger who cut the ear of the Serb prisoner

6 and not the Roma."

7 Why did you say that if you're now saying that he did?

8 A. Because I got scared, as any normal person would who has a

9 family, who isn't as powerful as they are. And it's normal that one

10 should be scared.

11 I left out much of the story because I was scared for the safety

12 of my family and my own.

13 Q. So you deliberately left things out, did you?

14 A. I told you that I was scared for my safety, but that's not so

15 important; however, the safety of my family is important. And that's why

16 I may have skipped some things.

17 Q. Just so that the Judges have it clear, you are telling them that

18 you deliberately chose not to tell the Prosecutor things that actually

19 happened because you were scared of the consequences; is that right?

20 MS. KRAVETZ: That is not what the witness said. He has just

21 answered that question, and his answer at lines 15 and 16 does not state

22 that.

23 MR. EMMERSON: That's certainly how I understood his answer but

24 let's have it clear.

25 Q. Are you telling the Judges that you deliberately chose not to

Page 2054

1 tell the Prosecutor certain things that you knew had happened because you

2 were afraid of the consequences?

3 A. I told you a minute ago that, out of fear for my family and

4 myself, I may have left out many things that happened. Because I was

5 scared. I can repeat: I was scared.

6 Q. Why would you be scared to tell the Prosecutor that Toger had cut

7 off the Roma boy's ear but not scared to tell the Prosecutor that Toger

8 had cut off the Serb boy's ear?

9 A. Sir, if you were in my shoes now, you would feel the same way.

10 And when I was asked where I was then, or had you been there, then you

11 would understand.

12 Q. You then told us yesterday that, as well as cutting off the Roma

13 boy's ear, Toger cut off the Serb boy's ear; is that right? Two ears

14 were cut off.

15 A. I explained a minute ago. You keep asking me the same question.

16 I have already explained. And yesterday too. You insist on the same

17 question over and over again. Well, okay, go ahead with it.

18 Q. See, what I'm going to suggest to you is that you realised you'd

19 made a mistake and you'd gone off script and that's why you had to add in

20 the allegation about the taking off of the ear of the Serb boy.

21 A. I apologise. You're asking me so I can ask you back. Does this

22 really look like a script to you? Like -- like a theatre? I have

23 already told you, but can you please -- you can continue. But do explain

24 to me what you mean by script.

25 Q. Absolutely I'm suggesting to you that this is theatre. So there

Page 2055

1 should be no misunderstanding: You are making these accounts up is the

2 suggestion that I'm putting to you and the reason why you can't keep them

3 straight is because they're all inventions. That's the suggestion I'm

4 putting to you.

5 A. Then you are lying too when you're saying what you're saying now.

6 Because, according to you, what you are putting to me makes you a liar.

7 But doesn't matter, really. Because you're doing what you do for money

8 so it's your right to lie for money, too.

9 Q. Why did you never tell the Prosecutor on any of these meetings,

10 either the 23rd, the 24th, the 25th, the 26th, the 7th of December, the

11 8th of December, why did you never tell the Prosecutor on any one of

12 those occasions that two ears got cut off in this incident?

13 A. I explained you very neatly, but it seems that we don't

14 understand each other well. So maybe you need somebody else to explain

15 to you additionally.

16 I explained to you nicely that I was scared and that I was under

17 (redacted). Remember what I'm saying. And

18 secondly --

19 JUDGE MOLOTO: [Microphone not activated] finish off, Witness.

20 (redacted)

21 (redacted), what happened, how an ear got

22 cut off, this isn't a very nice and pleasant thing to do. Of course, it

23 is easy for you to stand here and talk.

24 JUDGE MOLOTO: [Previous translation continues] ...

25 MS. KRAVETZ: Could we go into private session, Your Honour.

Page 2059

1 She said: "And who is he? Who was he?

2 "He is Maxhup's brother.

3 "Q. And how do you know this person?

4 "A. I saw him while he were there.

5 "Q. And could you just be more precise when you say while you

6 were there, where exactly did you see him?

7 "A. At Jabllanice in that house while we were there we had the

8 opportunity to meet him.

9 "Q. And when was that that you met him at that house in

10 Jabllanice.

11 "A. When we arrived on that evening, and rested, and maybe

12 before Maxhup arrived, some ten minutes prior to his arrival. He

13 introduced him as the commander, the village commander.

14 "Q. Did you see -- you've told us you met him when you first

15 arrived there in the house. Did you see him at any other time when you

16 were there at that house during this first visit to Jabllanice?

17 "A. After that, I may have seen him once more in that yard, if I

18 remember well.

19 "Q. Was he in the yard when this beating and interrogation of

20 the three young men was taking place?

21 "A. He was in the yard but I cannot say that he took part,

22 because he didn't."

23 Now were those questions and answers, the answers that you gave

24 yesterday the truth.

25 A. Yes.

Page 2060

1 Q. So when you say at the end of that passage, "I cannot say that

2 Nazmi Brahimaj took part in the beatings because he did not," that was

3 the truth; is that right?

4 A. It was the truth.

5 MR. EMMERSON: [Previous translation continues] ... 65 ter 3118.

6 Paragraph 46, please.

7 We'll wait for the translation to come up.

8 Q. I'll just read the passage into the record if I may.

9 Paragraph 46 this is your statement: "While being interrogated, they

10 were beaten badly by Maxhup, who used a baseball bat, and by Toger.

11 Ramush Haradinaj and Nazmi Brahimaj also joined in the beating."

12 Why did you tell the Prosecutor that Nazmi Brahimaj joined in the

13 beating when that wasn't true?

14 A. I don't remember saying that. I really don't.

15 Q. Your signature appears just below. Can you see that?

16 A. I explained neatly a minute ago, but it seems we'll spend a long

17 time over this.

18 I explained to you where I was - I am not going to mention the

19 place name - and that I was scared and under stress. If I left something

20 out here, and given your behaviour toward me, right here and now, I feel

21 as if I were still there.

22 Q. You didn't leave something out on this occasion, Witness. You

23 made a false allegation against Nazmi Brahimaj, didn't you?

24 A. Sir, you are being very specific, and I'm glad. But I also think

25 that you're a bit funny. I explained to you where I was, where I

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1 experienced the stress, and that I was scared, and you are going back to

2 the same sentence over and over again. I'm explaining how it was. And

3 the Judge clearly said to me that I'm no longer there, that I'm here now,

4 and that I can speak freely. So it should be very clear, but you're

5 going back to the same things over and over again. But, then, it's your

6 job. You're getting paid to do so.

7 Q. Witness, you told the Prosecutor that Nazmi Brahimaj took part in

8 a beating that he did not take part in. That's right, isn't it?

9 A. And I can explain it all over again. It seems you haven't

10 understood my previous answer.

11 Q. [Previous translation continues] ... don't explain it, just

12 confirm it: You made a false explanation against Nazmi Brahimaj on your

13 own account, didn't you?

14 A. You're a liar yourself. Who are you calling a liar? Who do you

15 think you are that you may call me a liar? You're a big liar who has

16 sold himself for money here.

17 When you call me a liar, look me in the eye and don't look at the

18 floor.

19 MS. KRAVETZ: Your Honour, Mr. Emmerson is simply engaging in an

20 argument with the witness. He is no longer putting questions to him and

21 I don't think that's a proper way to proceed in cross-examination.

22 MR. GUY-SMITH: Excuse me, I would tend to disagree.

23 Mr. Emmerson is attempting to get an answer, a simple answer to a

24 question and the witness refuses to answer the question. Perhaps with

25 the Court's intervention the witness might answer the question. And the