The Basic State Prosecutor's Office announced that Jovan Grujičić did not mention at the hearing on May 26 that he was pressured to confess to a criminal offense or that someone in the police abused him. This was announced by the spokeswoman of ODT Podgorica, prosecutor Milica Mandić, reacting to the announcement of the non-governmental organization Action for Human Rights. "The Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica informs the public that in this particular case, as in every other case, it was handled professionally and in accordance with the law.
It is true that the State Prosecutor in the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Podorica questioned JG as a suspect on May 26, 2020. During the hearing before the state prosecutor, this person did not say a single word that force was applied to him by the police, but on the specific question of the state prosecutor about the police's treatment of him, he decisively declared that the police treated him extremely correctly, and that no one he did not apply pressure of any kind. During this hearing, there were no indications that this person was abused by police officers.
On June 24, 2020, the person JG was heard again at the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Podorica and only then indicated that he was abused by police officers after being deprived of his liberty. Immediately after learning of this, the state prosecutor in the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica ordered that an expert in the field of forensic medicine carry out an expert examination of the complete medical documentation for the person JG, which was made during the admission of this person to the Administration for the Execution of Criminal Sanctions.
Therefore, the unfounded and tendentious allegations of the NGO "Actions for Human Rights" are not aimed at respect for international standards and the protection of human rights, but represent a gross attack aimed at damaging the reputation of the state prosecutor's organization," the response reads.
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