From: Radio Free Europe 10-6-99

Kosovapress, the Prishtina-based press service of the disbanded UCK {NOTE: these are the intials of the Kosovo Liberation Army, or KLA, in Albanian}, accused two prominent ethnic Albanians of being spies for Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic on 5 October. Publisher Veton Surroi, a member of the Kosova transitional council, and Aton Haxhiu, the chief editor of the Kosovar daily "Koha Ditore," were called "dregs" for "spying and cooperating with Milosevic's regime." Surroi said the accusation comes after he recently said that "fascists are in power in Kosova now and what is being done to the Serbs [in Kosova] is a form of fascism." Surroi and his newspaper, "Koha Ditore," have consistently spoken out against the treatment of Serbs in Kosovar since the return of ethnic Albanians after NATO troops took control of the province. Surroi said the condemnations are "an invitation to kill both me and Haxhiu." PB

From: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Newsline, Vol. 3, No. 195, 99-10-06

{Note that though "disbanded" the KLA still has a press service and still can make threats which the recipients view as life-threatening.}

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