THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- The Hague Tribunal in the Netherlands has sentenced Serb Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj to 18 months in prison for contempt of court.
The court said Seselj was guilty of disclosing confidential information about protected witnesses in a book he wrote, the Serbian news agency Tanjug reported Monday.
"[Seselj] knew he was disclosing information which identified 10 of the witnesses ...," the court said.
This was the second trial for contempt of the Tribunal against Seselj. In the first case Seselj was sentenced to 15 months of imprisonment for disclosing confidential information, Tanjug reported.
He will serve the 15 months concurrently with the 18-month sentence he received Monday, the tribunal ruled.
The contempt convictions have come during Seselj's ongoing trial at The Hague for crimes against humanity and violation of the laws and customs of war in Croatia, Vojvodina and Bosnia-Herzegovina from 1991 to 1993.
That indictment was unsealed Feb. 14, 2003, and Seselj voluntarily turned himself into the Hague 10 days later.
