Mladic plans to boycott war crime tribunal today

FORMER Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic plans to boycott today’s hearing at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal, where he is scheduled to enter pleas to charges including genocide, his Serbian lawyer said.

Milos Saljic said Mladic is boycotting to demand the power to choose his own defence attorneys.

“Mladic has decided not to attend the court session to insist on his defence team choice,” Saljic told The Associated Press.