04/08/1998
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Zëri i Popullit

4 August 1998

A SHIP CARRYING CONTRABAND CIGARETTES SLIPS AWAY

Leaves Ksamil, unloads in Shkodër PAGE 13

THEY STOLE MY MONEY AFTER MY ARREST

FİTIM KERXHALLIU SPEAKS FOR THE FIRST TIME, AFTER ESCAPING FROM PRISON, ABOUT THE MYSTERIES OF GJALLICA In the war between the clans Berisha-Meksi, I was the scapegoat EXCLUSIVE FİTIM KERXHALLIU SPEAKS FOR THE FIRST TIME, AFTER ESCAPING FROM PRISON, ABOUT THE MYSTERIES OF GJALLICA THEY STOLE MY MONEY AFTER MY ARREST In the war between the clans Berisha-Meksi, I was the scapegoat Alush Dragoshi, the former Prosecutor General, forged the documents and says he did not withdraw the 600,000 dollars from Gjallca, which were in his brother’s name. I know very well that he took that money. Or Sul Petku, the chief investigator, let him say he did not take the 750,000 dollars he had put in his brother’s name—his brother was Berisha’s bodyguard. In fact, whenever he came, my chief financier himself took care of the formalities; I have now learned that he was a SHIK agent. But these two men had the nerve not only to lie, claiming they had not taken the money, but also to forge documents to withdraw from the Commercial Bank the 300,000 dollars that were in Shemsje’s name. I’ll tell you this: when they put my wife in prison, Alushi sent people to tell her that, to get out, she had to pay 200,000 dollars... PAGE 16

THE PERPETRATORS: 5 POLICE OFFICERS

RIOT AT THE SARANDË POLICE STATION; A BURST OF GUNFIRE IS FIRED PAGE 12

A HOLE IN THE... LAKE, TETA - MALAJ

NEGATIVE — THE PREDICTABLE RESULT OF A BADLY PLANNED OPERATION THAT LASTED 20 DAYS IN THE CUSTOMS TERRITORY PAGES 2–3

WITH OR WITHOUT THE ASSEMBLY COUNCIL’S ADVICE, THE COMMISSION DECIDES, NOT PARLIAMENT

Majko: Godo’s action was undemocratic SMUGGLING: AN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK EXISTS SHIK: no information about MPs or ministers involved in smuggling PAGE 2 NANO CASE IN COURT YESTERDAY Sanxhaku: new evidence PAGE 11 RESIDENTS OF DRENCIS AND RAHOVEC LEAVE THEIR HOMES Eliot Engëll...: Self-determination for Kosovo PAGE 9 NATO SECRETARY GENERAL Ceasefire and talks, conditions for resolving the crisis PAGE 10 AFTER MINISTER RAMA’S RETURN FROM WASHINGTON A misunderstanding with the actors and the monuments. PAGE 9 PRICE FOR GREECE: 250 DRX