Belgrade - Police in Belgrade Monday arrested seven allies of former president Slobodan Milosevic who are suspected of abuse of power, the news agency Beta has reported, quoting a statement from prosecutors.
The statement said Mr Uros Suvakovic, a former leader of Mr Milosevic's Socialist Party (SPS), and Mr Danilo Pantovic, a former high-ranking foreign ministry official, were among those arrested. The Socialist Party condemned the announcement of the arrests, calling them "a new act of persecution".