COURT OF B&H

Osman Mehmedagić acquitted of all charges

This verdict was made by Judge Branko Perić in an express deadline, exactly half an hour after the closing arguments of the Prosecutor's Office of B&H and the Defense

Mehmedagić: Acquitted of all charges. Avaz

M. Aščić

The Court of B&H made verdict today at 12 o'clock by which Osman Mehmedagić, the director of ISA, and Muhamed Pekić, an employee of this agency, are acquitted of all charges made by Prosecutor's Office of B&H.

This verdict was made by Judge Branko Perić in an express deadline, exactly half an hour after the closing arguments of the Prosecutor's Office of B&H and the Defense.

During the explanation of the verdict, Perić said that since the establishment of the Court of B&H, such pressure has not been put on the court as it was in this case.

- I got the impression that the spirit of some politicians hovers over this case - said Perić.

Mehmedagić with lawyer Nožica after the verdict was made. M. Aščić

Mehmedagić and Pekić were charged with abuse of office under the indictment of the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Mehmedagić, as the director of ISA, and Pekić, as the head of the Cyber Security Department at this institution, were accused of unauthorized obtaining of information about the sender of the anonymous report against Mehmedagić. According to the indictment, they found out in an unspecified manner that an anonymous report had been filed, and Pekić, according to Mehmedagić's order to obtain the recording, contacted the director of "B&H Post". They asked for surveillance footage for August 27th, stating that it was a state secret. Čavka stated that the Prosecution had fully proved the allegations in the indictment and that these allegations had been confirmed by the interrogated witnesses.

Today, Prosecutor Čavka proposed to the Court of B&H that Mehmedagić should be sentenced to five years of security measures with the aim of banning him to work and to have access to the classified information.