Interior Minister Tomislav Karamarko said during a visit to Karlovac on Thursday that former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader would not be under police protection as of next week.
Speaking to the press, Karamarko was asked if it was true that Sanader had arrived for a European forum in Alpbach, Austria, on August 30 in a Croatian Interior Ministry car.
"Ivo Sanader is a protected person, but he won't be as of Monday, because it has been decided so after an assessment by the security services," said Karamarko.