(16 Jun 2010) SHOTLIST
Belgrade, Serbia - 16 June 2010
1. Wide shot of Principal Court building in Belgrade
2. Mid of Serbian flag in front of court
3. Lawyer for family of former Bosnian Serb army commander General Ratko Mladic, Milos Saljic, coming out of court
4. Cutaway of entrance to the court
5. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Milos Saljic, Mladic family lawyer:
"Ratko Mladic's family submitted a formal motion to the Principal Court to declare him dead. I have in my hands proof that request was submitted. The family decided to take this step after many years of expectations and the fact that Mladic was last seen in February 2003."
6. Close up of formal request
7. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Milos Saljic, Mladic family lawyer:
"It is a fact that he is seriously ill because in 1996 he had a stroke and afterwards he suffered from many illnesses and that, without special medical care, he would not be able to survive. He has not had any medical care since and that is further proof a person like that could not be alive."
8. Wide shot of the people coming out of the court
FILE: Vlasenica, Bosnia - 2 December 1995
9. General Ratko Mladic inspecting Drina corps
FILE: Bijeljina, Bosnia - 28 June 1995
10. Former Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic and Mladic at St. Vitus Day celebrations
FILE: Srebrenica, Bosnia - 12-14 March 1995
11. Wide shot of injured Muslims on route from Srebrenica
12. Close up of soldier carrying gun with bandaged neck
13. Close up of refugee crying
FILE: Srebrenica, Bosnia - 12 July 1995
14. Wide shot of Serb soldiers with rifles
15. Mid shot of Mladic arriving and addressing refugees
FILE: Cerska, near Srebrenica, Bosnia - 11 July 1996
16. Mid shot of men digging in mass grave site
17. Close up of skulls found in grave
Belgrade, Serbia - 16 June 2010
18. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Vox Pop, Miodrag Ilic, Resident:
"He should be declared dead, so people don't need to speculate any more whether he is alive or not and also to leave his family alone."
19. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Vox Pop, Milos Crever, Resident:
"They should inquire whether that is true or not. There should be some sort of evidence for that. If they found some evidence I think that is a right decision."
20. Wide shot of Principal Court building in Belgrade
STORYLINE
The family of former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic asked a Serbian court on Wednesday to declare him officially dead, a move
authorities called an attempt to undermine efforts to catch Europe's most-wanted war crimes fugitive.
Family lawyer Milos Saljic submitted a formal motion asking the Belgrade judges to rule that Mladic was no longer alive after 15 years on the run.
"The family decided to take this step after many years of expectations and the fact that Mladic was last seen in February 2003," Saljic said.
Saljic said Mladic, who would be 68, had been seriously ill and could not have survived without medical care.
He added that the death certificate would relieve pressure on Mladic's family, which he claimed was being harassed by the security services.
Authorities said the move appeared designed to undermine efforts by Serbia's pro-Western government to locate Mladic, who has been on the run since he was indicted for genocide in 1995 by a UN war crimes court.
Bruno Vekaric, Serbia's deputy war crimes prosecutor, has dismissed the family's initiative as "speculation," and added that the search for Mladic was continuing unabated.
Mladic's arrest is crucial for Serbia's bid to become a member of the European Union.
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