 The Prosecution, any
15 re-examination?
16 MR. BLAXILL: I have no re-examination, Your
17 Honours, but I would at this stage --
18 THE INTERPRETER: Microphone, please.
19 MR. BLAXILL: Your Honours, I have no
20 re-examination at this stage. What I would like to
21 do --
22 MR. MISETIC: I'm sorry to interrupt. I've
23 failed to move into evidence the few exhibits that I
24 did want to move in.
25 MR. BLAXILL: I was going to ask for the same
1 thing for the Prosecution, Madam President, so would it
2 be possible for us, perhaps, jointly to move that we
3 move the exhibits for the Prosecution and the Defence
4 into evidence?
5 JUDGE MUMBA: Mr. Misetic, all four? There
6 are five or four?
7 MR. MISETIC: Your Honour, I believe there
8 are six and, no, we only want to move in Exhibit 1.
9 JUDGE MUMBA: Yes.
10 MR. MISETIC: And Exhibit 3, which is the
11 witness's statement, but only with respect to page 8 of
12 the statement, the last four sentences of the first
13 long paragraph on that page, and page 10, of course,
14 which is his acknowledgement that he signed it.
15 MR. BLAXILL: Your Honours, I would suggest
16 that it be more proper that the document as a whole
17 should be entered into evidence, because a document is
18 a whole, and to say a selective quotation could be
19 misleading at the end of the day when reviewing the
20 evidence.
21 JUDGE MUMBA: Yes, Mr. Misetic, the whole
22 statement?
23 MR. MISETIC: We've only asked him with
24 respect to that small portion of the statement. The
25 rest of it he has been examined on by the Prosecution
1 and the Defence. There's no need to move in the entire
2 statement. We asked him with respect to that specific
3 portion and whether his witness acknowledgement on the
4 last page was accurate.
5 JUDGE MUMBA: Yes, but it can't be taken out
6 of context. It has to be the whole document.
7 MR. MISETIC: If the court wants to move that
8 whole paragraph in then --
9 JUDGE MUMBA: No, no, no, it's the Defence
10 who have introduced the document.
11 MR. MISETIC: If the court will allow us then
12 to move the --
13 JUDGE MUMBA: Statement?
14 MR. MISETIC: No, that paragraph then for
15 contextual purposes only.
16 JUDGE MUMBA: Mr. Blaxill, you would like the
17 whole statement?
18 MR. BLAXILL: I just thought it was more
19 appropriate that if one is referring to any contents of
20 a document, then potentially that entire document
21 becomes admissible as one single exhibit. It's a
22 matter for you to rule, Ma'am.
23 JUDGE MUMBA: We shall admit the --
24 MR. MISETIC: Well, then, Your Honour, we
25 withdraw the statement, so we will only move in
1 Exhibit 1 into evidence.
2 JUDGE MUMBA: So D-3, D-4 and D-2 should be
3 returned.
4 MR. MISETIC: D-2, we would move it in if the
5 Prosecution has no objection.
6 JUDGE MUMBA: No, no, you only need D-1.
7 MR. MISETIC: D-1, right, but there was a
8 question as to authenticity before. If the Prosecution
9 still has that question, fine; otherwise, we'd move it
10 in.
11 JUDGE MUMBA: Mr. Blaxill, do you mind?
12 MR. BLAXILL: Yes, my query as regards
13 Exhibit D-2, Your Honours --
14 JUDGE MUMBA: No, D-1, you have no
15 objection?
16 MR. BLAXILL: D-1, not at all.
17 JUDGE MUMBA: Okay. D-2?
18 MR. BLAXILL: Well, D-2 was a document where
19 there could not, from the evidence that I heard from
20 the witness, there could be no authentication. It
21 wasn't a list produced by him. He simply confirmed his
22 name as a candidate or something, so not even that he
23 was on the list.
24 MR. MISETIC: I was only asking counsel if
25 they had an objection. If they do --
1 MR. BLAXILL: We do.
2 MR. MISETIC: -- we will leave it out. D-1.
3 JUDGE MUMBA: So D-1, okay.
4 MR. BLAXILL: Just in regards to the
5 Prosecution exhibits, just 1 and 2, Ma'am, the two
6 maps, perhaps if you would like --
7 JUDGE MUMBA: Yes, the two maps were already
8 entered.
9 MR. MISETIC: We have no objection to that,
10 Your Honour.
11 MR. BLAXILL: I'm obliged to you.
12 JUDGE MUMBA: What number, Registrar? The
13 documents for identification only will be returned to
14 the registrar.
15 Thank you very much, Doctor, for your
16 evidence.
17 MR. BLAXILL: Your Honours, may I interpose
18 for a moment? I would like you to consider the
19 formality of releasing the witness. I don't know if my
20 friends for the Defence have any problem or objection
21 to him being released so that he can return home. This
22 impacts on what the Victim and Witness Unit would be
23 able to do.
24 JUDGE MUMBA: Mr. Misetic, any objection?
25 MR. MISETIC: No, we will not be recalling
1 the witness. He may leave.
2 MR. BLAXILL: I so apply then, Madam. Thank
3 you.
4 JUDGE MUMBA: Thank you very much for giving
5 evidence at the Tribunal. You are released.
6 THE WITNESS: Thank you, Your Honours. Thank
7 you, ladies and gentlemen of the Prosecution and
8 gentlemen of the Defence.
9 (The witness withdrew)
10 JUDGE MUMBA: The next witness?
11 MS. SELLERS: Your Honour, might I ask that
12 prior to the next witness coming in that the protective
13 measures that the court has ordered be in place?
14 JUDGE MUMBA: This is witness...
15 MS. SELLERS: This is Witness B, Your
16 Honour.
17 JUDGE MUMBA: The Prosecution -- is that the
18 pseudonym and voice distortion?
19 MS. SELLERS: Yes. Yes, Your Honour, those
20 are the protections that have been --
21 JUDGE MUMBA: The face distortion.
22 MS. SELLERS: Face distortion and the
23 pseudonym.
24 JUDGE MUMBA: Ms. Sellers, do we have the
25 English translation of the statement of Witness B?
1 MS. SELLERS: Yes, Your Honour, I believe
2 that that has been given to the court. If you would
3 like another copy, we can certainly provide it
4 (The witness entered court)
5 JUDGE MUMBA: Can the witness make the solemn
6 declaration whilst standing, please?
7 THE WITNESS: I solemnly declare that I shall
8 speak the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the
9 truth
10 WITNESS B.
11 Examined by Ms. Sellers:
12 MS. SELLERS: Might I begin, Your Honour?
13 JUDGE MUMBA: Yes, you can go ahead.
14 MS. SELLERS:
15 Q. Good afternoon, Witness B. Can you hear me?
16 A. Good afternoon. Yes, I can.
17 Q. Are you ready to begin?
18 A. Yes.
19 Q. I would like to ask you a few background
20 questions first. Witness B, where were you born?
21 A. I was born in Ahmici.
22 Q. Is Ahmici located in the Lasva Valley?
23 A. Yes, it is.
24 Q. Have you lived in Ahmici all of your life?
25 A. Yes, I have.
1 Q. Could you please tell me whether you went to
2 school in Ahmici?
3 A. Yes.
4 Q. Could you please tell the Chamber a bit about
5 your educational background?
6 A. I completed elementary school and also
7 secondary school. I was trained as a mechanic.
8 Q. Are you a