Veterans accuse former president of high treason over 1990 conduct

Ljubljana, 17 May - An association of independence war veterans has accused Milan Kučan, the former Slovenian president, of high treason for his failure to prevent the disarmament of the precursor of the Slovenian Armed Forces in 1990.

Ljubljana SDS leader Janez Janša, a senior member of the veterans' association that filed a criminal complaint against Milan Kučan, the former president, over his role in the 1990 disarmament of the Territorial Defence. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
SDS leader Janez Janša, a senior member of the veterans' association that filed a criminal complaint against Milan Kučan, the former president, over his role in the 1990 disarmament of the Territorial Defence.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Aleš Hojs, the head of the veterans' association that filed a criminal complaint against Milan Kučan, the former president, over his role in the 1990 disarmament of the Territorial Defence. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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Aleš Hojs, the head of the veterans' association that filed a criminal complaint against Milan Kučan, the former president, over his role in the 1990 disarmament of the Territorial Defence.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Former Slovenian President Milan Kučan accused of high treason. Pictured is his authorised biography by historian Božo Repe, published last year. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA File photo

Ljubljana
Former Slovenian President Milan Kučan accused of high treason. Pictured is his authorised biography by historian Božo Repe, published last year.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA
File photo

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