ŽUPLJANIN: ARRIVAL OF U.S. INVESTIGATORS MARKS THE START OF A PROCESS TO UNCOVER THE TRUTH

BANJA LUKA, JULY 16 /SRNA/ - President of the Organisation of Senior Officers of the Republika Srpska Army /RSA/ Slobodan Župljanin said that the arrival of American investigators in Derventa should mark the beginning of a process aimed at establishing the truth about key events during the last war and removing the unjustly imposed burden placed on the Serb people.

Župljanin told SRNA that it is good news that American investigators are interested in crimes committed against Serbs during the Defensive-Patriotic War, especially given the fact that the Prosecutor's Office of BiH has shown a lack of interest in crimes against the Serb people. He believes that the time has finally come for the issue of Serb victims to be internationalised and for justice to be served for them as well. "It is regrettable that other countries, especially the United States, are interested in establishing the truth and prosecuting those responsible for crimes against Serbs, while BiH is not," Župljanin said. He said that crimes were committed in the Derventa area for which no one has yet been held accountable, and that there are still survivors among those who were victims of the notorious Rabić camp. He pointed out that five American investigators are coming to Derventa to take statements and collect other evidence related to crimes committed by citizens of BiH who, using false documents, obtained permission to enter the United States and, under false names or with permits based on fabricated evidence, enjoyed all the benefits of life in the US. He stressed that significant support to this process will be provided by the activities of the Memorial Centre of Republika Srpska, which is breaking through all blockades and obstacles and presenting documented truth to an ever-growing number of people around the world, instead of the false narrative previously spread by the Bosniak side. Five American investigator-prosecutors are expected to arrive in Derventa on Monday, July 20, to take statements from eight former camp inmates about the horrors they endured in the notorious camp for Serbs at the Rabić military warehouse in 1992. During the Defensive-Patriotic War, before the Army of Republika Srpska had even been formed, Croatian and Muslim forces attacked the local Serb population in Derventa. Camps for Serbs were established, the most notorious of which were those at the Army Hall and the Rabić site. The Rabić camp, established in April 1992, held 120 Serbs, and several hundred Serb civilians passed through the camps in Derventa overall.