Mlikotin Tomic:I did not take bribes from students

I never negotiated any monetary awards with anyone in my entire professional career, Desa Mlikotin-Tomic said.

During the trial for corruption in the Faculty of Economics, which is a part of the affair called ‘index 3’, Desa Mlikotin-Tomic, a professor of commercial law and former president of the Parliamentary Commission for the Conflict of Interest, presented her defense.

- I never negotiated monetary award with anyone in my entire professional career - said Desa Mlikotin-Tomic, who is charged for giving a passing grade for three students who supposedly bribed her using a mediator, writes Vecernji List.

Mlikotin Tomic denied committing any criminal act and added that she has been exposed to mass media lynching for the past 14 months.

Case called ‘index 3’ raised charges against nine professors, 12 mediators and students, for buying and selling exams, abuse of power and authority, receiving and giving bribes as well as illegal mediation.