Zoran Veruševski
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Zoran Verushevski | |
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Зоран Верушевски | |
3rd Director of the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence | |
Preceded by | Dobri Velichkovski |
Succeeded by | Bojan Bojanovski |
Personal details | |
Born | Zoran Verushevski |
Ethnicity | Macedonian |
Military service | |
Allegiance | |
Branch/service | Yugoslav People's Army |
Zoran Verushevski was the third director of the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence (UBK), the domestic counter-intelligence and security agency of the Republic of Macedonia.
Arrest
[edit]He was arrested in January 2015, and as of May 2015[update] he is still under arrest by Macedonian authorities[1] under suspicion of two crimes: espionage and assisting in violence towards representatives of the highest state organs.[2] Opposition leader Zoran Zaev was also charged, on January 31, with "conspiring with a foreign intelligence service to topple the government"[3] and foreign diplomats are also allegedly involved in the alleged coup d'état.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Under Suspicion for Several Crimes Zoran Verushevski Arrested, independent.mk January 24, 2015, Retrieved May 16, 2015
- ^ Former Counter Intelligence Chief Interrogated at Prosecution Office, March 9, 2015. independent.mk. Retrieved May 16, 2015
- ^ Kole Casule (February 6, 2015). "U.S. warns Macedonia not to muzzle media in 'coup' scandal". Reuters. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
- ^ Documents show British Ambassador directly involved in Macedonia coup scandal, April 9, 2015. Macedoniaonline.eu, Retrieved May 16, 2015