The four remaining defendants in the Klecka trial, including former Transport Minister Fatmir Limaj, were acquitted this morning by a trial panel in the Pristina District Court. It is expected that the EULEX prosecutor, Salustro, will file an appeal to the acquittal.
In other news, the Hague is holding a status conference today on the retrial of former Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj. Last week the prosecution completed their portion of the trial and it was not expected that the defense would call any witnesses. Haradinaj and two other defendants were called back to the first retrial in the history of the Hague tribunals on 6 of 37 counts of war crimes due to the difficulty of the prosecution to secure witness statements in the first trial.
