Igor Simić, deputy leader of the Serbian List and a member of the Kosovo Assembly, announced that he and several other officials of the party had been summoned by the Terrorism Investigation Department of the Special Prosecution Office as suspects.

In an Instagram post, Simić said they were suspected of four criminal offenses: joining together with the aim of attacking Kosovo’s constitutional order, attacking an official, endangering a person under international protection, participating in a crowd committing a criminal offense and hooliganism.

“As always, I will respond to the summons, because I have nothing to hide, aware, just like those who wrote this, that I have not committed any criminal offense and that, as a political representative, it is my duty to stand with my people and speak publicly about their suffering,” he declared.

Radio Free Europe asked Kosovo’s Special Prosecution Office for clarification about the nature of the suspicions against Serbian List officials, the events to which they relate and the number of people involved. So far, the institution has not responded.

According to Simić, the summonses for questioning constitute political pressure. He claimed that Serbian List officials are summoned by Kosovo’s prosecution whenever they raise concerns about violations of the individual and collective rights of Serbs.

The Serbian List is considered the largest political force representing Serbs in Kosovo and is supported by Belgrade.

In the past, representatives of the party have also been summoned by the Special Prosecution Office for questioning over suspicions of “attacking Kosovo’s constitutional order.”

In previous years, Serbs in northern Kosovo erected barricades and held protests against the implementation of decisions by the Kosovo Government. The Serbian List has consistently supported these actions.

In June this year, Kosovo’s Prosecution Office indicted six people suspected of erecting barricades in December 2022.

The barricades were erected at a time when local elections were being organized in the Serb-majority municipalities in the north. This happened after the mayors resigned as part of the collective withdrawal of Serbs from Kosovo’s institutions, an initiative of the Serbian List.

Following these developments, tensions escalated, and violence broke out in Zvečan at the end of May 2023. Serb protesters opposed the entry into the municipal building of the ethnic Albanian mayor, who had won the local elections after the area’s Serbs boycotted them.

During the clashes, in which more than 90 KFOR personnel were injured, Serbian List officials were also seen at the scene. Kosovo’s justice authorities have initiated proceedings against around 10 people over the unrest. Most of them were allowed to defend themselves while remaining at liberty under conditions, while several Serbian citizens were expelled from Kosovo.

The developments culminated in an armed attack by a group of Serbs in Banjska, near Zvečan. The operation was led by Milan Radoičić, who at the time was deputy leader of the Serbian List. Kosovo police officer Afrim Bunjaku was killed during the attack, while three Serbian attackers subsequently also lost their lives.

Kosovo has held Serbia responsible for the attack, an accusation officially denied by Belgrade.

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The Basic Prosecution Office in Peja has filed an indictment against Valmir Hajrullahu and Avdyl Kryeziu, suspected of defrauding a police officer by allegedly taking more than 134,000 euros from him over two years on the pretext that they would arrange a kidney transplant for him at a hospital in Turkey. Turkish national Yilmaz Tassoker is also suspected of having been involved in the scheme, but proceedings against him have been separated. RTK had previously reported on the case.

Hajrullahu, from Banullë in Lipjan, and Kryeziu, from Malisheva, will face charges of fraud. Meanwhile, the case against Turkish national Yilmaz Tassoker is being handled separately.

The indictment, obtained by RTK, states that Hajrullahu and Kryeziu allegedly acted against police officer A.B. between 2021 and 2023, convincing him that a false treatment opportunity was available.

“By falsely presenting facts and with the aim of obtaining unlawful material gain, he continuously defrauded and misled the injured party, A.B., causing material damage to his assets amounting to 134,761.00 euros,” the indictment obtained by RTK states.

According to the prosecution, Hajrullahu presented himself to the victim as a doctor undergoing specialization at Turkey’s “Acibadem” hospital. He allegedly promised the police officer that he would contact a doctor to arrange the transplant, while Yilmaz Tassoker presented himself as the person who would donate the kidney.

Shkodran Nikçi, spokesperson for the Peja Prosecution Office, said by email that, when filing the indictment, the prosecutor handling the case proposed that the court declare the defendants guilty and sentence them in accordance with the law for the criminal offenses with which they are charged.

Valmir Hajrullahu is known to law enforcement and justice authorities. The Basic Court in Ferizaj recently sentenced him to two years in prison and a 2,000-euro fine in another fraud case.

Another indictment against the same person is also being reviewed by the Department for Serious Crimes. In that case, he is accused of defrauding farmers through the nongovernmental organization Center for Advocacy and Diplomacy (QAD), while the alleged damage to the farmers is estimated at millions of euros.

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The Basic Court in Pristina, specifically its Serious Crimes Department, has rejected the Prosecution’s request to order pretrial detention for five officials accused of abuse of office. The defendants, G.Z., A.G., L.M., D.G. and E.A., who are suspected of acting together to appropriate a high-value property, will be subject to less restrictive security measures.

Instead of detention, the court imposed a restraining order barring them from approaching a specified location. Under the ruling, the five defendants are prohibited from coming within 200 meters of the Municipality of Fushë Kosovë building. The measure will remain in force for one month, beginning on September 8, 2026, and ending on October 8, 2026.

The court also ordered the same individuals to report regularly to the police station, an obligation that will likewise remain in effect for one month. The court’s announcement states that if these alternative measures are violated, they will immediately be replaced with the more severe measure of pretrial detention. In issuing the ruling, the judicial panel found that the uninterrupted conduct of the criminal proceedings could be ensured without detaining the defendants.

Parties who disagree with the ruling have the right to appeal to the Court of Appeals through the Basic Court in Pristina.

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