Serbia: Police Chief Arrested After Election for Abuse of Office
Prosecutors say the arrests stem from a Belgrade murder probe and reject claims they were tied to last week’s election defeat.
- On Sunday, Serbian authorities arrested Marko Kricak and Bosko Sekulovic on suspicion of abuse of office, with Prosecutor Nenad Stefanovic stating they failed their duties and harmed the rights of Veselin Milic.
- Milic initiated legal action against Kricak and Sekulovic while in custody, accusing the officials of providing incomplete and false evidence during an investigation into a criminal figure's death in Belgrade.
- The Student List secured a historic victory in snap elections, ending 14 years of Serbian Progressive Party rule, though authorities denied any link between the arrests and the election results.
- Following the Novi Sad railway station disaster that killed 16 people, student groups demanded the removal of police chiefs, accusing authorities of 'brutality' during the response to demonstrations.
- Students stated 'tragedy' was not enough to describe the collapse, asserting that behind the word lies 'responsibility,' as the movement pushes for sweeping reforms across police and intelligence leadership.
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Serbian criminal police chief Marko Kricak, 42 years old, accused by the student movement of brutality in demonstrations against power, was arrested on Sunday in an investigation into a crime in the criminal environment, suspected of abuse in function, announces the parking lot, reports AFP.
The heads continue to fall since the victory of the Student List at last Sunday's legislative elections in Serbia, and the heavy defeat of Aleksandar Vučić, an autocrat who had led the country with an iron hand for 14 years. Every day brings his lot of revelations or arrests. This Sunday morning, November 1st, it is an important figure of the police that was arrested: Marko Kricak, 42 years old, the head of the Serbian criminal police.
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INTELLINEWSSerbia: Police chief arrested after election for abuse of office
Marko Kricak, an Aleksandar Vucic loyalist, is accused of suppressing and manipulating an investigation into a gangland murder. Prosecutors say the arrest is not linked to Vucic's recent election defeat.
The Chief of the Police Directorate for Criminal Investigations was detained on Sunday and is suspected of abuse in service, announced the Serbian Park, quoted by AFP and DPA. The Park denies that there would be any connection between Marko Kricak's arrest and last Sunday's election, at which Aleksandar Vucic and the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) ...
The head of the Serbian Criminal Police Department, Marko Kricak, has been detained by order of the Supreme Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade. The head of the Anti-Crime Service, Bozko Sekulovic, has also been detained. The two are being investigated for their actions in the "Senjak" case, related to the murder of Aleksandar Nešović-Bajja in the "27" restaurant in the Belgrade district of Senjak. The chief prosecutor of the Supreme Prosecutor's Of…
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