Milosevic indifferent to new judge

Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic expressed indifference today over the planned appointment of a new judge in his war crimes trial, and insisted that he be released from UN custody to prepare his defence.

Tribunal President Theodore Meron convened a special hearing in The Hague to ask Milosevic for his opinion on replacing Briton Richard May, who has resigned as presiding judge due to a serious illness midway through the trial.