Associated Press A view of the central prison in Belgrade where former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic was imprisoned after his arrest is seen above, early Sunday.

By The Associated Press

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia -- A haggard Slobodan Milosevic pleaded innocent Sunday to corruption charges linked to his dictatorial 13-year rule as authorities questioned the former president and ordered him jailed for 30 days.

Though the Yugoslav government says it intends to try him at home for ruining the nation, the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, stepped up pressure for Milosevic to be handed over to face prosecution over alleged atrocities in Kosovo.

"We are expecting him soon. It will be Milosevic in The Hague in 2001," tribunal spokeswoman Florence Hartmann said Sunday.

Another spokesman, Jim Landale, said Yugoslavia had a "binding obligation" to turn him over.

Milosevic's lawyer said the 59-year-old ousted leader, now in Belgrade's Central Prison, was exhausted and had been sedated after a 26-hour armed standoff in his besieged villa and a stormy night of negotiations that ended with his surrender to police before dawn Sunday.

Barricaded in his sprawling luxury villa in Belgrade, Milosevic had reportedly at one point brandished a pistol and threatened to kill himself and members of his family.

His lawyer, Toma Fila, said Milosevic pleaded innocent Sunday and was appealing the order extending his detention for 30 days.

"He decided to defend himself. He will speak up and tell the truth," Fila said.