A Serbian court remanded former Yugoslav president Mr Slobodan Milosevic in custody today for a further two months on suspicion of abuse of office, Serbian state television reported.
Mr Milosevic, widely seen as one of those most responsible for a decade of Balkan bloodshed, was ordered to be kept imprisoned on the grounds he could flee or influence witnesses, RTS television reported, citing unofficial sources.
Mr Milosevic was arrested on April 1st on suspicion of abuse of office after a 36-hour armed standoff at his home. He was initially put under investigative custody for 30 days.
No one could be contacted at the office of Mr Milosevic's defence lawyer Mr Toma Fila this evening. Mr Fila is due to hold a news conference in Belgrade tomorrow.
Mr Milosevic is also wanted by the UN war crimes tribunal to face charges of crimes against humanity for atrocities committed against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo in 1999.
But Serbian reformers who ousted Mr Milosevic last October have argued he should be tried at home - and probably just on the corruption charges at first.