/ 31 May 1999

SA TO FREEZE MILOSEVIC’S ASSETS

THE government has said it will freeze any of Slobodan Milosevic’s assets found in the country, Network Radio News Service reported on Friday. The United Nations war crimes tribunal on Thursday appealed to the international community not to allow Milosevic access to money hidden in other countries. It was rumoured that he had been routing his family’s wealth into various countries, including South Africa, apparently in anticipation of having to flee the Nato offensive in Yugoslavia. Foreign Affairs spokesman Marco Boni said as far as the government is aware Milosevic has no assets hidden in the country.