“General Pavkovic will continue his [medical] treatment in Serbia, with the support of his family and the health institutions of our country,” Macut said. Pavkovic’s defence in August asked for early release, claiming that his physical health had “deteriorated to the extent of life threat”. Photo: EPA PHOTO-SRDJAN SUKI-SSBesides Pavkovic, former Yugoslav deputy prime minister Nikola Sainovic, former Yugoslav Army general Vladimir Lazarevic and former Serbian police general Sreten Lukic were also sentenced. He was commander of the Yugoslav Army Third Battalion from December 1998 until early 2000, during the Kosovo War. General Dragoljub Ojdanic, who was granted early release in 2013, retracted the confession he gave to the UN court after he was freed.