Aleksandar Obradovic: They Cannot Confute Evidence I Gave on Damage Done to Krusik

Krusik factory, Valjevo (prsc/YouTube/MO)

Krusik factory worker Aleksandar Obradovic who had come out with information about what was happening inside the company, said on Oct. 17, that although he was arrested and held, the evidence he made public about the activities that had been to the detriment of Krusik cannot be confuted.

“No one can deny the fact that four private enterprises were given privileges while purchasing ammunition from Krusik. Two of those companies are controlled by Slobodan Tesic. There’s also GIM, represented by Branko Stefanovic, the father of the Minister of the Interior Nebojsa Stefanovic. The fourth enterprise is from the United Arab Emirates, but it’s managed by a person from Serbia,” Obradovic explained in an interview for the latest issue of weekly NIN.

He said he did not want to keep his head down, to receive a paycheck and pretend like he did not know what was happening inside the company. He added that only a handful of people in Krusik speak out loud about what is going on, while the majority only whispers.

According to him, “the trade unions are under control as many of the employees are cousins and friends of union leaders.”

“They lie when they say I revealed secret military information. There are no military secrets in Krusik, and it’s not that kind of company anymore. If I were to give away information, I could’ve, as such information in Krusik isn’t much protected in the first place,” Obradovic added.

Speaking about his arrest he said that, “on Sept. 18, they [the police] arrived with four vehicles, just at the end of the working hours, at 14:40, and entered the offices.”

“There were some 10 officers of the Security and Intelligence Agency (BIA). They were in civilian suits, but were armed. I was not surprised, I knew why they came. They were aggressive. They shouted the questions: “Who are you working for?,” “How much are they paying you?,” and “Which politicians recruited you?”,” Obradovic recounted.

Obradovic claims that what he did was for the sake of Krusik and that he has never received any payments nor worked for any politicians.

He said that after 20 minutes they were joined by High Technology Crime police investigators, and that they were polite with him.

“Together we went to my apartment, from where they took my computers. I had nothing to hide. They took me to the main police station in Belgrade. I was told there it’s best I told them everything even as an unofficial statement. From their questions I realized they’d been following my comings and goings for some time,” said Obradovic.

“I know I signed more copies of the hearing minutes than what’s usual. I’ve no idea who these were for,” he added.