Tribunal Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

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15             THE REGISTRAR:  We are in open session, Your Honours.

16             JUDGE ORIE:  Thank you, Madam Registrar.  Madam Registrar, would

17     you please call the case.

18             THE REGISTRAR:  Good morning, Your Honours.  This is case

19     IT-09-92-T, the Prosecutor versus Ratko Mladic.

20             JUDGE ORIE:  Thank you, Madam Registrar.

21             Witness 269, I would like to remind you that you're still bound

22     by the solemn declaration you've given at the beginning of your testimony

23     yesterday and Ms. Hochhauser you may proceed with your

24     examination-in-chief.

25                           WITNESS:  RM269 [Resumed]


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 2             MS. HOCHHAUSER:  Thank you, Your Honour, and good morning.  Could

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 1             THE REGISTRAR:  We are in open session, Your Honours.

 2             MS. HOCHHAUSER:  Can we please have Exhibit P1132 on the monitor

 3     at page 131?

 4             JUDGE ORIE:  If by the way the Chamber was overcautious in

 5     admitting it under seal, could you please consider to what extent it's

 6     really needed so that if it can be made public that we change that.

 7             MS. HOCHHAUSER:  Mr. Vanderpuye and I were having that

 8     conversation by eye, so I'll get back to you after the break about that.

 9             JUDGE ORIE:  Yes, thank you.  Please proceed.

10             MS. HOCHHAUSER:

11        Q.   Witness, do you recognise what's on the screen in front of us

12     now?

13        A.   Yes.  It's the physical education gymnasium at the Orahovac

14     primary cool.

15        Q.   Is that the location that you discuss in your prior testimony?

16        A.   Yes.

17        Q.   Now, can you tell us the -- where it's marked entrance and exit

18     on this photograph, did -- is that accurate, to your recollection?

19        A.   Yes.

20             MS. HOCHHAUSER:  Can we turn, please, to page 130, the page

21     before, on the monitor?  And if we could zoom in so that only the picture

22     on the left that's marked "gym" is on the screen, and if I could actually

23     ask again for the assistance of the usher so that the witness can mark on

24     the photograph.

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 1     outside of the same building, of the gymnasium?

 2        A.   Yes.

 3        Q.   Can you mark for us, please, with an E from the outside the

 4     corresponding -- the entrance.  So what we saw on the inside marked as

 5     entrance, can you mark where it is on the outside of the building with an

 6     E and then the same with an X for the exit?

 7        A.   [Marks]

 8        Q.   Now, can you tell us what you observed Nada Stojanovic doing at

 9     Orahovac?

10        A.   Well, we all had pretty much the same role, and that was to

11     secure the building and the individuals inside it.  I was in a group of

12     several people at the entrance, whereas Nada would occasionally come to

13     us, she would walk around the school, she would go to the road.

14     Specifically her duty, or at least that's what I saw her doing, was when

15     prisoners were being taken out and loaded on to trucks, I saw her and

16     another policeman, two or three individuals, soldiers, at the exit.  The

17     driver of that little truck may have been with them.  And I saw them

18     moving tied up individuals on to trucks.  As this was going on, people

19     inside were complaining they didn't know what it meant, where they were

20     being taken in such rather small groups.  So I was at the entranceway,

21     and focused on pacifying the mass of people there.

22        Q.   When you say "moving tied up individuals on to trucks," can you

23     tell us whether you actually saw the people being bound, and in what --

24     in what way were they bound?

25        A.   Well, I can't be precise enough to tell you what they were bound


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 1     with.  Was it wire?  I can't be sure.  At any rate, I am definitely

 2     certain that they were bound.

 3        Q.   And did you see any of the prisoners there blindfolded?

 4        A.   I don't know with what degree of certainty I can state this but

 5     I do believe that I saw Nada putting blindfolds on.  Now, was this

 6     something that Nada was supposed to do in respect of every individual,

 7     well, I didn't really pay that much attention to that, as I did to the

 8     entrance where the mass of people was, by that time, greatly upset.

 9        Q.   And in the past several responses, you have referred to people by

10     the entrance, people by the exit.  What we have marked on the screen now

11     where you've marked the entrance and the exit from the outside of the

12     building, is -- does that reflect where you're talking about?

13        A.   Yes.

14             MS. HOCHHAUSER:  Your Honour, I'd like to tender the marked

15     exhibit, please.

16             JUDGE ORIE:  Madam Registrar?

17             THE REGISTRAR:  Document as marked by the witness receives number

18     P1566, Your Honours.

19             JUDGE ORIE:  And is admitted into evidence.

20             MS. HOCHHAUSER:  If we could turn for a moment, please in this

21     same -- same -- the same item of evidence, the photo book, P1132, to

22     page 164?  I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I have the wrong -- I have the wrong

23     number -- page.  I apologise.  I believe it's page 186.

24        Q.   So, Witness, if you could take a look at this page, 186, that's

25     on the monitor now and then if we could also flip to page 187, the next


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 1     page, and can you just identify for us whether this reflects one of the

 2     locations that you discuss in your testimony -- in your previous

 3     testimony?  And what is that location?

 4        A.   Yes.  It's the primary school at Rocevici.

 5             MS. HOCHHAUSER:  Your Honours, that concludes my examination of

 6     this witness.

 7             JUDGE ORIE:  Thank you, Ms. Hochhauser.  You've shown the witness

 8     two pictures.  My recollection doesn't serve me.  186 and 187 is the same

 9     building from different sides?  Is that --

10             MS. HOCHHAUSER:  Well, I can leave that to the witness rather

11     than --

12             JUDGE ORIE:  Yes, Of course, we have testimony about what it

13     depicts but the two pictures shown to you, I think -- yes.  There is one

14     on the screen.  Both the pictures, the one seems to be a bit of a darker

15     building, the other one seems to be a more white building, is that the

16     same building from different sides?

17             THE WITNESS: [Interpretation] Yes.

18             JUDGE ORIE:  Thank you.

19             Mr. Stojanovic, are you ready to cross-examine the witness?

20             MR. STOJANOVIC: [Interpretation] Good morning, Your Honours.

21                           Cross-examination by Mr. Stojanovic:

22        Q.   [Interpretation] Witness, good morning.

23        A.   Good morning.

24             JUDGE ORIE:  Witness, you'll now be cross-examined by

25     Mr. Stojanovic.  Mr. Stojanovic is counsel for Mr. Mladic.  You'll find


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 1     him to your left.

 2             Please proceed.

 3             MR. STOJANOVIC: [Interpretation]

 4        Q.   Will you tell the Chamber what time of day it was that you

 5     received an order from your company commander to set off in the direction

 6     of Orahovac?

 7        A.   Can I start by saying, without taking up too much of your time,

 8     that time didn't play much of a role to me.  My time was disposed of by

 9     others and I did not really pay attention to what day it was or what time

10     of day, though I can tell you that I believe it was after breakfast.

11        Q.   [Microphone not activated]

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14        Q.   Can you tell the Chamber how much time it took you to reach the

15     school at Orahovac from the Zvornik Brigade HQ?

16        A.   Not more than 20 minutes.

17        Q.   When you got there, prisoners had not arrived yet; right?

18        A.   Yes.

19        Q.   How much time passed after you arrived there and after the

20     preparations you referred to, that buses started finally arriving?

21        A.   Well, quite soon, an hour, half an hour, or perhaps a bit more

22     than an hour later.

23        Q.   In your best estimate, a dozen buses arrived; is that right?

24        A.   Roughly.

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 1        A.   Yes.

 2        Q.   Can you tell the Chamber who secured the buses and who escorted

 3     them?

 4        A.   Members of the civilian police did.

 5        Q.   Were all prisoners from these buses put up in the gymnasium that

 6     you were looking at a moment ago?

 7        A.   Yes.

 8        Q.   There were no prisoners in the classrooms of the school?

 9        A.   No.

10        Q.   At one point, the inhabitants of these villages started

11     assembling?

12        A.   Yes.

13        Q.   Can you explain or describe the situation, what it was like?  Was

14     there a risk of an incident happening?

15        A.   Of course.  There was confusion and commotion, as the buses

16     started arriving, people grew ever more curious.  The school is located

17     centrally in the village.  People started gathering spontaneously.  Am I

18     speaking slowly enough for the sake of interpretation?  They started

19     gathering.  Frankly, they did not take trouble to conceal at all their

20     anger and hatred, which were quite understandable up to a point because

21     there was nobody in that crowd of people who didn't lose someone among

22     their nearest and dearest.

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 1     way through that area in the direction of Tuzla, so there was fighting

 2     going on there.  We were in such a position that we didn't know where to

 3     look first or where to turn first.  We turned toward the prisoners in the

 4     school because they could hear a lot of noise and shouting, an odd bullet

 5     being fired outside.  People were frustrated.  Some of the people outside

 6     were visibly intoxicated, brandishing weapons.  You had to be cautious in

 7     approaching these people and dealing with them.  It was very dangerous.

 8     So we had ever more problems with the group as it grew in numbers

 9     eventually.

10        Q.   Do you remember if that unhappy crowd of people, disgruntled

11     crowd of people, did they ask for the people inside to be liquidated, to

12     be killed, that revenge be taken?

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16     me what I was doing there so I explained to him that I had been wounded

17     so I was assigned here to take some rest.  He asked me then, Well, what

18     are you waiting for?  We should kill them all.  And then I said, Well,

19     take it slowly.  This isn't the manner in which this should be

20     approached.  But you could already tell by looking at these people that

21     they were passed the stage of being spoken to or reasoned with.

22             JUDGE ORIE:  Mr. Stojanovic -- or Ms. Hochhauser?

23             MS. HOCHHAUSER:  I was going to ask that we go into

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25             JUDGE ORIE:  Yes, we may do that.  Before we do so,


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 1     Mr. Stojanovic, approximately 95 per cent of the evidence that you are

 2     eliciting from this witness at this moment is found in his statement and

 3     I have not heard one question which seems to challenge or to dispute

 4     anything which is found in his statement.  So therefore I'm wondering

 5     what we are -- what we are doing.  The only thing is you add a few

 6     details to what is presented as evidence by the Prosecution.  Could you

 7     please focus on what is in dispute and could you please not repeat the

 8     evidence just to say, for example, killing?  Comments along the lines,

 9     all of them ought to be killed, that's what the witness said already.  We

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 3             THE REGISTRAR:  We are in open session, Your Honours.

 4             JUDGE ORIE:  Thank you, Madam Registrar.

 5             MR. STOJANOVIC: [Interpretation]

 6        Q.   Witness, in your best estimation, how many prisoners were brought

 7     there on these ten-odd buses?

 8        A.   I don't know if I'm in a position to say.  The buses were quite

 9     full.  There were some people standing, and if you consider that some 50

10     to 60 individuals can stand and there may have been more than ten buses,

11     I even expressed a reservation in one of the statements that there may

12     have been as many as 15 buses but not more, so I would guess between 700

13     and 800 people.

14        Q.   Can you recall if some other units passed by Orahovac in the

15     direction of Baljkovica at the time that you were in front of the school?

16        A.   Yes.  The road was otherwise used for those who went to man the

17     lines at Baljkovica, Kitovnica.  I think it was under the 6th Battalion

18     but I'm not sure.  Many of them would linger as they passed by, slow

19     down, because they were trying to see what was going on.  Some of them

20     stopped and stayed.

21        Q.   You, yourself, never went to the place where executions were

22     carried out?

23        A.   No.

24        Q.   You personally don't know who participated in these executions,

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 1        A.   No.

 2        Q.   To the best of your recollection, when was the last group of

 3     prisoners taken out of the gymnasium?

 4        A.   At dusk, just before it became dark.  At that time it was already

 5     over.

 6        Q.   Apart from the order that you received from your company

 7     commander to provide security to the school building and to prevent any

 8     possible acts of revenge, did you at any point receive a different or a

 9     new order?

10        A.   No.

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15        Q.   I'd like to ask you this - we are in public session - can you

16     tell us if, as you were performing your tasks, more military policemen

17     from the Zvornik Brigade came there at some point?

18        A.   Not policemen, no, but some members of the Zvornik Brigade came

19     along with us who happened to be down there.  As I said, the majority of

20     personnel were at Baljkovica because that was where the much-talked-about

21     breakthrough was ongoing and where there was fighting going on.

22        Q.   Do you know an individual by the Gojko Simic?

23        A.   The name is familiar, but I cannot remember him now.

24        Q.   Thank you.

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 1     good time for the break because I'm going to be using another document.

 2     So perhaps we can do that after the break.

 3             JUDGE ORIE:  It is, Mr. Stojanovic.  For the witness to leave the

 4     courtroom, we briefly turn into closed session.

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17             THE REGISTRAR:  We are in open session, Your Honours.

18             JUDGE ORIE:  Thank you, Madam Registrar.

19             Mr. Stojanovic, once you're ready and once the curtains are up,

20     you may proceed.

21             MR. STOJANOVIC: [Interpretation] Can we look at P1565 in e-court,

22     and this is a document under seal.

23        Q.   And while we are waiting for the document to be shown, Witness,

24     let's just go back to the document that you were able to see a little bit

25     earlier.  Do you know who maintained this record of attendance of members


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 1     of your unit?  Don't mention your unit, please.

 2        A.   May I name the person?

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 4             THE INTERPRETER:  Microphone, please.

 5             MR. STOJANOVIC: [Interpretation] Your Honours, perhaps then it

 6     would be better to move into private session for this particular topic.

 7             JUDGE ORIE:  We move into private session.

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 5             THE REGISTRAR:  We are in open session, Your Honours.

 6             JUDGE ORIE:  Thank you, Madam Registrar.

 7             MR. STOJANOVIC: [Interpretation]

 8        Q.   Witness, at one point the following day, you received an order to

 9     go to the Rocevic school; is this correct?

10        A.   Yes.

11        Q.   Who did you go with to the school in Rocevic?

12        A.   With Jasikovac and with a military policeman by the name of

13     Cane -- nicknamed Cane.

14        Q.   And can you please tell me specifically what your order said for

15     that day?

16        A.   It was the same as for the previous day in Orahovac, to secure

17     the place, not allow civilians in, because the school is also in the

18     centre of the village, so we were to prevent the villagers from

19     approaching or coming close to the prisoners.

20        Q.   Was the atmosphere among the inhabitants of that village

21     different than the one you described in front of the school in Orahovac?

22        A.   Perhaps it was slightly less intense, because judging by the way

23     these people looked and by their conduct, we assumed that these were

24     villagers, they were armed, some were visibly drunk.  That was when

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 1             JUDGE ORIE:  One question to clarify.  When asked about what you

 2     were ordered to do, you said more or less that you should protect the

 3     prisoners against the villagers.  May I take it that it was also part of

 4     your task to take care that the prisoners would stay where they were?

 5             THE WITNESS: [Interpretation] For the prisoners to stay where

 6     they were and for us to secure the facility, to secure or guard the

 7     facility where they were located, and to try and prevent others from

 8     getting to them.  Meaning the local population.

 9             JUDGE ORIE:  The prisoners shouldn't go out and the villagers

10     should not go in, is that what your task was?

11             THE WITNESS: [Interpretation] Yes.

12             JUDGE ORIE:  Thank you.  Please proceed.

13             MR. STOJANOVIC: [Interpretation]

14        Q.   Did you find at any point in time how those five or six bodies

15     came to be there, how were those people killed?

16        A.   By the time we arrived, they had already been put up in the

17     gymnasium; in other words, it wasn't the same as it had been in Orahovac

18     where we were waiting for them and received them.  When we got there,

19     they were already in the gym.  We heard off the record that it was one of

20     the local men there who had lost a member of their family, apparently a

21     man who had lost his son and then took out a couple of these individuals

22     from the gym and killed them.

23        Q.   Were you able to recognise any of the individuals who were there

24     before you, as security for the prisoners?

25        A.   No, not really.  I only saw - and this is my opinion - that they


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 1     recognised each other, that they recognised the villagers as well.

 2        Q.   Apart from the two of you and your company commander, were there

 3     any other members of your unit there on that day that you observed?

 4        A.   Well, I can say that there were many soldiers there.  Now, did

 5     I recognise any of them?  No.  I can't say that.

 6        Q.   You didn't see anyone either from the MP company of the

 7     Zvornik Brigade; right?

 8        A.   No, I didn't.

 9        Q.   When did the boarding and transportation of these individuals

10     start?

11        A.   By the time we got there, it was already underway.  They were

12     already dealing with it.

13        Q.   Who boarded and transported prisoners?

14        A.   People in uniform.  They wore uniforms of the VRS.  I didn't know

15     them.

16        Q.   You didn't go to the site where these people were being

17     transported and executed?

18        A.   No.

19        Q.   You don't know who did it specifically, do you?

20        A.   No.

21        Q.   As you were outside the school in Orahovac on the first day, did

22     you see General Mladic at any point?

23        A.   No.

24        Q.   Did there come a time that you left the unit you were a part of

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17             THE REGISTRAR:  We are in open session, Your Honours.

18             JUDGE ORIE:  Thank you, Madam Registrar.

19             MR. STOJANOVIC: [Interpretation]

20        Q.   Let me finish with one more question.  After this assignment

21     outside the school in Rocevic, did you have any other duties concerning

22     prisoners?

23        A.   No.

24        Q.   Witness, thank you.  The Defence has no further questions for

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 1        A.   Thank you.

 2             JUDGE ORIE:  Thank you, Mr. Stojanovic.

 3             Ms. Hochhauser, has the cross-examination triggered any need for

 4     further questions?

 5             MS. HOCHHAUSER:  Just very briefly, Your Honour, perhaps three

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 7             JUDGE ORIE:  Please proceed.

 8                           Re-examination by Ms. Hochhauser:

 9        Q.   Witness, are you aware that there were military police officers

10     that went to Orahovac to guard prisoners the night before you went so

11     that it would be the evening of the 13th?  Do you have any knowledge

12     about that?

13        A.   I have no personal knowledge of it.

14        Q.   On today's temporary transcript at page 19, line 15 through 17,

15     you were asked the question:

16             "You personally don't know who participated in these executions,

17     do you?"

18             And you answered:

19             "No."

20             And that was in regard to the executions of the prisoners taken

21     out of the Orahovac school.  Now, in Exhibit P1561, at e-court pages 21

22     through 23, you described the fact that soldiers from the

23     Zvornik Brigade - and on at least one occasion accompanied also by

24     Zvornik Brigade MPs - came back with the empty buses talking about the

25     fact that prisoners had been killed; is that right?  You heard these


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 2     they arrived back from the site?

 3        A.   That's correct.

 4        Q.   And did you see -- well, just to be clear, those -- those men who

 5     were talking or soldiers who were talking about prisoners being killed,

 6     were the same men that had accompanied the buses full of soldiers, full

 7     of prisoners and then come back to the school with empty buses shortly

 8     thereafter; correct?

 9        A.   Two policemen were also charged with being escorts of these

10     buses.  However, when the vehicle left the compound and went down the

11     road to the execution site, many others joined.  Now, was it to make an

12     impression on those who were by the road side and looking on?  Some were

13     boasting, firing the ammunition that they had in their barrels.  I only

14     saw once that military policemen were with the truck as it was driving

15     down the road.  I don't know if it was their duty to be escorting every

16     single vehicle.

17        Q.   When you say others joined and were firing the ammunition they

18     had in their barrels, we are talking about soldiers; is that right?

19        A.   Yes.

20        Q.   And those were soldiers that you recognised as of the Zvornik --

21     recognised - I don't mean personally but by uniform - as being -- by

22     uniform.  And from their interaction with the crowd, I believe you say in

23     the statement, as being from the Zvornik Brigade; is that correct?

24        A.   Yes.

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 1     their guns?

 2        A.   They would recharge their ammunition clips, et cetera.  But,

 3     again, I repeat, I was focused on that other crowd.  I would just cast

 4     glances at them.  I was still focused on the entrance.  There were people

 5     who were very much agitated by that point.  They had heard gun shots and

 6     knew that something was amiss.

 7        Q.   And when you say that there were people there who were hearing

 8     gun shots and knew that something was amiss, you've also described that

 9     there were local people around the area at -- at around the school at

10     Orahovac.  Was it -- was it clear from your observations of everybody

11     that was there that -- that they could hear the gunshots and were aware

12     that something was going on?

13        A.   Well, they could and they could have supposed it.  The small

14     truck would take a smallish group of people, I don't know how many could

15     fit, and very soon it would come back and the trip would be repeated

16     again.  I think that they were aware that this was about an execution.

17        Q.   So just to be clear, it was -- it was obvious to you at the time

18     that these people were being executed, and was it your impression that it

19     was obvious to the -- tot he others that were gathered there?

20        A.   Yes.

21             MS. HOCHHAUSER:  That concludes my redirect examination,

22     Your Honours.  Thank you for the opportunity.

23             JUDGE ORIE:  Thank you, Ms. Hochhauser.  No further questions.

24             Then, Witness, I'd like to thank you very much because this

25     concludes your examination in this Court.  Witness RM269, we thank you


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 1     for coming to The Hague and for having answered all the questions that

 2     were put to you, both by the parties and by the Bench, and once the

 3     curtains are down, you may follow the usher and I wish you a safe return

 4     home again.  We turn into closed session.

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11             THE REGISTRAR:  We are in open session, Your Honours.

12             JUDGE ORIE:  Thank you, Madam Registrar.

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14             JUDGE ORIE:  We are back in open session, Madam Registrar, if I'm

15     well informed, and thank you for guiding us into open session.

16             Mr. Vanderpuye?  Associated exhibits, previous witness.

17             MR. VANDERPUYE:  Yes, good morning, Mr. President.  Good morning,

18     Your Honours, everyone.  I have only a handful of them, I believe.

19             JUDGE ORIE:  Just take them one by one.

20             MR. VANDERPUYE:  65 ter 28980.

21             JUDGE ORIE:  That's the first one.  Any objections,

22     Mr. Stojanovic?

23             MR. STOJANOVIC: [Interpretation] No, we have no objections to any

24     of the associated exhibits, Your Honour.

25             JUDGE ORIE:  Then, Madam Registrar, the first one, 65 ter 28980


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 2             THE REGISTRAR:  Number P1567, Your Honours.

 3             JUDGE ORIE:  Admitted into evidence.

 4             Mr. Vanderpuye, if there is any need to have them under seal

 5     you'll indicate that, I take it?

 6             MR. VANDERPUYE:  Yes, I will, Mr. President.

 7             JUDGE ORIE:  Next number.

 8             MR. VANDERPUYE:  28981.

 9             JUDGE ORIE:  Madam Registrar.

10             THE REGISTRAR:  Receives number P1568, Your Honours.

11             JUDGE ORIE:  Admitted into evidence.

12             Next one.

13             MR. VANDERPUYE:  65 ter 28982.

14             THE REGISTRAR:  Receives number P1569, Your Honours.

15             JUDGE ORIE:  Admitted into evidence.

16             MR. VANDERPUYE:  65 ter 4927.

17             THE REGISTRAR:  Receives number P1570, Your Honours.

18             JUDGE ORIE:  Admitted into evidence.

19             MR. VANDERPUYE:  65 ter 4928.

20             THE REGISTRAR:  Receives number P1571, Your Honours.

21             JUDGE ORIE:  Admitted.

22             MR. VANDERPUYE:  65 ter 4951.

23             THE REGISTRAR:  Receives number P1572, Your Honours.

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 1             THE REGISTRAR:  Receives number P1573, Your Honours.

 2             JUDGE ORIE:  Admitted.

 3             MR. VANDERPUYE:  And 65 ter 6197.

 4             THE REGISTRAR:  Receives number P1574, Your Honours.

 5             JUDGE ORIE:  And is also admitted into evidence.

 6             MR. VANDERPUYE:  Thank you, Mr. President.

 7             JUDGE ORIE:  Yes.  I think it's time for the break.

 8             We will resume after the break in closed session to hear the

 9     testimony of the next witness, and we'll resume at ten minutes past

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11             JUDGE ORIE:  Thank you, Madam Registrar.

12             If there are no other matters to be raised, we adjourn and we

13     will resume on Monday, the 17 June of 2013, in this same Courtroom I at

14     9.30 in the morning.

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16                           to be reconvened on Monday, the 17th day of June,

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