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World | June 2, 2011, Thursday // 19:44
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Ratko Mladic, 69, was seized last Thursday in the village of Lazarevo, north of Belgrade, having been on the run for 16 years. Photo by EPA/BGNES
Former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic was treated for cancer two years ago while on the run as a war crimes suspect, his lawyer has said.
Milos Saljic provided documents apparently showing Gen Mladic had lymphoma, and was treated at a Belgrade hospital in 2009.
The authenticity of the document has not been verified.
Ratko Mladic spent on June 1 his first night in UN custody in the Netherlands, awaiting trial on genocide charges.
The 69-year-old was admitted to the detention unit in The Hague on Tuesday and placed in an isolation cell.
He is expected to make his initial court appearance on Friday.
Gen Mladic has said he does not recognise the authority of the UN tribunal.
When he takes the stand, he will be asked to formally confirm his identity and enter a plea to each of the charges against him.
Gen Mladic is accused of atrocities committed during the Bosnian conflict in the 1990s, including the massacre of about 8,000 Muslims at Srebrenica.
The 69-year-old was seized last Thursday in the village of Lazarevo, north of Belgrade, having been on the run for 16 years.
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