BRUSSELS, March 7 (Xinhuanet) -- The UN tribunal in The Hague announced on Monday to publicize the charges against former Yugoslav general Momcilo Perisic, who surrendered to tribunal on the same day.

    In an indictment issued by the tribunal, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) released the detailed charges against Perisic, who was the Chief of the General Staff of the Yugoslav Army (VJ) from around August 1993 until November 1998 during the rule of former president Slobodan Milosevic.

    The former general faces eight charges of crimes against humanity and five counts of war crimes, according to the indictment.

    "Momcilo Perisic, as the most senior officer in the VJ having overall authority and responsibility of its functioning, planned, instigated, ordered, committed, or otherwise aided and abetted in the planning, preparation, or execution of crimes," said the indictment.

    The tribunal indicated that Perisic has been indicted over atrocities committed by his subordinates during the 1992-95 siege of Sarajevo, the 1995 Srebrenica massacre and attacks on the Croatian capital Zagreb in May 1995.

    Perisic arrived at The Hague on Monday, the fourth former Yugoslav general who surrendered to the court in a month.

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