21.   Under Suharto, a defense council also screened candidates for legislative elections to make sure they were free of communist influence.

22.   He made the statements an answer to questions by his defense council.

23.   He made the statements while answering questions by his defense council.

24.   Instructions to prepare such legislation were issued by the supreme defense council of Yugoslavia, which comprises Serbia and Montenegro, the news agency said.

25.   The statement added that the decisions had been taken early Monday at a meeting of the Serb supreme defense council, chaired by Karadzic.

26.   Karadzic on Sunday chaired a meeting of the Bosnian Serb defense council.

27.   On Monday, prosecutors were apparently taken aback when the defense council challenged the prosecution to clarify points of their charges, Yonhap Television News said.

28.   The defense council accused the prosecution of being self-contradictory in pursuing charges against Chun and Roh in the mutiny-massacre case and in their separate graft case.