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KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- The French-run remand prison in Kosovska Mitrovica has 30 inmates - 26 Serbs, 3 ethnic Albanians and 1 ethnic Macedonia, according to the district chief justice on Friday.
District Court Chief Justice Kaplan Baruti told a news conference that trials cannot be held yet because the administration and justice commission of the U.N. mission to Kosovo-Metohija (UNMIK) has not selected a jury.
The courts still apply the Penal Code which was in operation in Yugoslavia, its republic of Serbia and Serbia's province of Kosovo-Metohija on March 24, 1999 (the day NATO's aggression on Yugoslavia started), Baruti said.
However, he added, this will soon be replaced by a new Penal Code which is being devised by the commission, set up by UNMIK chief Bernard Kouchner.
The Kosovska Mitrovica District Court resumed work on Sept. 1, and has 7 judges - 4 ethnic Albanians, 2 Serbs and 1 Muslim.
The Prosecutor's Office has one ethnic Albanian, while one Serb prosecutor, a woman, has resigned.