Kosovo mayor convicted of obstructing justice

09/05/2008

PRISTINA, Kosovo -- The mayor of Skenderaj went to Dubrava Prison Thursday (May 8th) to begin serving a four-month jail term. Mayor Sami Lushtaku was found guilty in February of obstructing justice for threatening a municipal court judge, regarding a case involving the expulsion of a usurper from a Serb property in November 2005. Lushtaku was formerly a senior member of the Kosovo Liberation Army. (Express, Lajm - 09/05/08; Telegrafi - 08/05/08)