UDBA-man Ivan Lasic
Does Stjepan Mesic hide UDBA-man Ivan Lasic?
Statement of Herzegovina’s UDBA-man Ivan Lasic about the murder of Stjepan Djurekovic
German judiciary is thinking about raising a bill of indictment against Ivan Lasic, former chief of second department of Udba (sector for emigrations) for helping in Udba’s murders regarding that he is refusing to give statement in lawsuit to Krunoslav Prates.
Recently German investigators were in Mostar where Lasic lived and found that former Udba’s chief had moved to Zagreb.
The investigators got an information that he refuses to give his testimony, although he wrote with his own hand, at the beginning of nineties, a statement to SZUP (aktualy SOA), about his knowledge of murder of Stjepan Djurekovic.
In the statement available to German public prosecutor’s office (and on 45 lines) Lasic abolished himself from responsibility for Djurekovic’s murder, but more or less he charged: Krunoslav Prates, Josip Perkovic, Stanko Colak, Stane Dolanc, Bozo Spasic, Sreten Aleksic, Srdjan Andrejevic and Zeljko Raznatovic Arkan.
Lasic came in Zagreb under tutorship of Croatian secret services with help of Ivan Bandic, present ambassador of Croatia in Hungary and Josip Perkovic, grey eminence of all Croatian spies who engage themselves for his security at Croatian President Stjepan Mesic.
In Germany could be pressed charges against Ivan Lasic, if it is to believe to statements of Tomislav Naletilic:
- Ivan Lasic was the most bloodthirsty. He started as a primary school teacher in village Rasno, and then transported for principal of dormitory in Siroki. For the function he was recruited by economist in the dormitory, Tadija Loncar, later chief of Siroki Brijeg’s UDBA, who recomended him to Stanko Colak. When Stanko Colak in seventies became chief in Belgrade, his brother Drago Colak was a chief of UDBA in Mostar, and third brother Ivan Colak was a chief of Siroki Brijeg service. Lasic and Loncar became leaders of professional killers who were killing our members throughout Germany. Late by the party line joined them Jerko Bradvica.
That was the operative cream of UDBA against Croatian emigration, which planned creating of co-operative net in emigration and organized murders abroad. The job was coordinated with chiefs of Croatian UDBA Josip Perkovic and Zdravko Mustac. They were no fanatic communists. The Lasic and Bradvica family don’t have no communist past. They were, by my opinion, dressed up executors of system who were first in duty to Josip Broz Tito, later in the same way to Franjo Tudjman and Slobodan Milosevic.
In reality, they were implementing terror and they were above their leaders because the leaders before them were a part of political terror. Motives were personal privileges, getting rich and ability to keep everyone in power under control.
Tomislav Naletilic, Slobodna Bosna, 11 May 2006
If Germany release APB after Lasic, it will be second biggest Udbas catch, with Josip Perkovic, whom Croatian authorities keep from criminal prosecution.
Post was published on 10 May 2007 at 14:41
