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, THE INTERNA TIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL, ' FOR 'THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA, - . '.' " .. .. , . ' , ' . , .

,CASE NO:IT:-98.;32/1,.R77.2THE PROSECUTOR OF THKTRIBUNAL

INDICTMENT

AGAINSTJELENARASICt :;' -... ' "

"The ,Prosecutor of the International "CFiminal Tribunal for the former, f , ' , ' , ' , , 'ugoslayia("Tribunal"),':purS'l,aht Rule '77 of the Rules ofPtocedure, and, EVldel1ce of the lnternatio'nalCriminal Tribunal for the -formerY u g o s ~ a h a t " t h ~ R u l e s t h ~ T r i . b u n l i ; ' ) ; c h a r g ~ s "JELENA RASIC

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with CONTEMPT 'OF, PHE:fJi.BUNAL. ';. , "THEACCUSED

1. JELENA RASIC, daughter of MomCilo, was born on 19 April1983'in ,'Sibenik;' Crbatia: At aU,mate"riaLtil1les, lelena Juste wasaCtlng ' as ,me1nber of4he,Milan' LUKI.C 'Defence in the case' of The' ~ .

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CHARGESCOUNT1. '

CONTEMPTOF THKTRIBUNAL2. On Of.;' abqut ,18 9Gtober , 2 0 0 8 , J e l ~ m l l ~ A S J C 1 < . r i o w i n g l y ~ n d wilfuUy i n ~ r f e r e d } v i th,,theTrtounalisadirlinlstr(itionofju'stice ' in

t h a t s n ~ . p r 6 6 . 1 1 t ~ ~ a : ' JalSe : witness ':statement ,from: i;uhdijaTABAKOVIC,' ' / '3. , J e h ; ~ ~ a $ I c..r n ~ ~ Z u g ~ i j a T ABAK,qVIC.',in S a r ~ jeyo, B o s n i ~ andHerzegoyi'ila':"al1d ,s}:}owed 'Zuhdija J ; A B A K O V I G p r e - p ~ e p a ~ y d

i t l l e s s s t ~ t ~ W I } t o ~ s in",the"LU[

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Count 1: Co'ntempJ o f t t ( ~ n l n a l " J ) 4 n i s h a b l e u n d e t :this il'ribunal' sinherentpowersand"Rules 1 7 ( . A ) a n ( G } o f - t h ~ Rules df:th'eTribunaL

'COUNT,2CONTEMPTOFTHKTRIBUNAL. , , .' ... . .' . . .. ' . ,; .

7, On or. about 18 October 2.008, J e l e n a R A S l ( ~ kllowingly andwilfully interfered with the Tribunal'sadministnitiqn of ustice int h a r ~ h e encouragedand/or perslladed ,Ztihdija ,TABAKOVIC toproq.ire falSe w i t I i e ~ s s t a t e m ~ r i t s . . .

8. On .or about 18 Octqber,2008 :during a meeting with ZuhdijaT A B A k o V I C , J e l e i i ~ R A S I C p r ~ d u c e ( t h i h i ,the ', sUbstance' of .t w o t h e r p r e ~ p r e p a r e d .statements '. o be:used in the .LVKIC&LUKIC .case with'the details' of thernakers left blank. She offered

' Z u h d i j ~ T A B A & 0 V I ~ a r e ~ a r d . " . , t J i ~ d ; b t q e ~ " ' I T l e h ' l ~ o r n .inY i s ~ g r a < : l to , s i g l 1 t h ~ s e f ~ l ~ e s t a ~ e m e n t s . J ~ I ~ n a RA:S}C told:Zuh4ija ::fAB'AKQVIC '!bo.se .m e r i W ; Q ~ l l d b e # ) a i d , : r o r s l g n i n g thestatemehts. and thatthe}/would 'receive . !riofe .money once theytestiriedin the LUKIC& LUKICcase ina manner :c6nsistent with

. ' . , . '" ~ ,. I . . . " ' ' . ' , the statements. Zuhdija: TABAKDVIC .agreed to. 'find other menborn"ihYisegract'to sign the'statements. '

By all, t h e s ~ . ) a G t s and o m i s s i 0 n s , J e l e n a R A : S I C ~ I 1 o w i n g l Y and wilfully. , i r i t ~ r f e r e d . i t t h e t r i b U i 1 a l ';sadir)ihistrat19I1 of justice anqcoI11mitted 'orincited': . , .Count 2: Contempt of t h ~ Tribunal,punishab.leunde,r ,this Tribunal's

, i n h ~ r t ; n t P 9 " Y e t s a ~ d R u l ~ s 77 (A),a'nd/or '(B} and Rule77(G)oftheR\j!es. oflheTriburial. '

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COUNTS 3 & :4CONTEMPT OFTHETRillUNAL

9 . J ~ I e n a .. R A S I C k n q ~ 4 n g l Y c and\\{i}fqUy" i n ! c r f e r y d "\IiJh . theT r i b u 6 a ~ ~ q 1 r i i l ! i s t ( a t i 6 n .of justice .in .thatshe ,J>l"ocured{l .falsewitneSs s t a t ~ i l l e r i t f 6 I h p t h t v f t ' ~ n c f ] V J : f y > ;'> .. . ' , '. . '

10. ' Paragraph'8of thydndictIllent' ( a p 6 v e } i s i n c O l " P ( j l ~ t e d b r e f e r e n c ; e herein. " . , . , .. , , ,11. O n a d ~ t e b e t w e e n J 7 0 d o b , e r 2 0 0 S ~ n d 2 O c t O b e r 2 0 0 S , 4 u h ~ i j a T A ] { A ~ 0 Y l ~ r n e ~ \ V i t h :M,c ."X ' (iqMr.Xf i r s t h ~ n ..:' from t h e , ~ ? f e fo ..t ~ N l u n j s i R q l ~ t b l l i I 9 ~ n g . T I i e r e he ;' i l 1 t F o g l \ c e d e a c h r h a n .. ! . : : : J ~ e n ~ l M S I < : , w h o a c c o m p a n i e d 0 t ~ X 'a'nd' Mr: y j . n t u r B j r i t o t l 1 e M . u h i ~ i i ) ' a l i t y .

. b u i 1 d i T l g ~ h ~ r e s l ~ c j m p l ~ t . e 4 t l i e s p j e n I s ; T : h ~ y l e s i g Q e d J b e i r ~ t f l t ~ r i l e I ] t s d ~ t e d '+3. t o 1 ? ~ r : , ~ 0 0 S i r 1 d had their ' S'ignatllresc'b:1:1'fied by aMunicfpa1lty 'officiaL . '"

14. Jeleilil R A S I C k ~ p t the ~ r i i h ~ ~ l of ~ a c h s t a i ~ r i i e n dated 23. '. October200S.15. As a result o f their .putting t h e i r n a m e s l l p o n t h ~ s t ~ t e m e n t s aI1d 'signing ' hem, both 'Mr, .Xand'Ml< Yeachreceived 1,000euros.

By' all of these acts and O1;.r11SS1Ons, J e l e n R A S i C ".kngwil1gJy andwilfullY , i,Pter:fered with 'the Tripunal'-s d m i r i l t r a t i 9 n .. of justice andc o m m i W ~ d : .

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Count.3 (in relation toi\1r.k):-Coiltemptof"the TribUnal, ptmishableunder this Trlbunal's inherent power and Rules 77(A) and (G) of the, Rules of he Tribunal; andCount 4 (in relation tolYfr. V): Contempt oftl1e :T,ribuna.kpunishable, under this Tribunal's inherent power and Rules' 77(A) and (G)of theRules of the Tribunal. "

COUNTSCONTEMPTOF 'THETRIBUNAL

'16. Jeleha R A S I ( ~ knowingly and , wilfully interfered with theTribunal's administration of justice in that she procured a falsewitness 'statement from each of Zuhdija TABAKOVIC,Mr. X andMr. Y.17. Ort a day or days between 3 ' O ~ t o b e r 2Q08 'and 6 I J j e c ~ m b e t 2Q08,

J e l t ~ n a RASIC ret,l1rnedlo Sarajevo withunsigned revised versIonsof he false, sighed..statements 'ofZundi.j a TA'13AKOVIC, Mr. X and, 'Mr.' :Y;' J 'elena R i \ S l C m a d e c o n t a c J witp ZuhdijaTABAKOvtc,gave 'him' t h ~ three unsigned, r e v i s e d s t a t e m e n t ~ a n ' d . askedhirn tosign his own statement al1d to ,asIs.Mr: Xand Mr.-yb;spectively tosign theirs; Each statement' was Jalse. ' ' ,

18. Zuhdija TABAKOVIC agreed to and did sign his statement andagreed , to obtain the sigI1atures ' of t h e o t ~ e r men on theirstatements. All ' threestatefub'Iits dated 5 December 2008 weresigned and returned to Jelena RASIC.19. On 2QJanuary 2099 , l - - e a 9 C q ~ p s e I f 6 r t h e M i ~ a n t J K l C b e f e n c e handed oyer topics, ( ) f t i i ~ s i g n e d p e ~ e D i b e r 2 0 0 8 s t a t e i h e n t s gf

ZuhdijaTABAKOVIC;Mr. Xalld Mt. Y to 'theProsecution .

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By all of these acts and OITnSSlOnS, Jelena RASIC knowingly and"wiifuHy interfered with the Tribunal's administration of justice andcommitted:

rammertz--Pro 6cutotDated this8 lh day of July 2010 'AtTheHagueThe Netherlands

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