Intelligence case adjourned to April 24

Manama, Mar. 22 (BNA): The High Criminal Court today adjourned to April 24 the case of Ali Salman Ali Ahmed, Hassan Ali Jumaa Sultan and Ali Mehdi Ali Al Aswad accused of intelligence with Qatar, Advocate General Osama Al Oufi said. The Public Prosecution referred them to the court for trial on charges of intelligence with a foreign country to carry out hostile acts against Bahrain, undermine its political and economic status as well as its national interest to overthrow the political system. The suspects were also charged with the passing defence secrets to a foreign country, accepting money from a foreign country in consideration for providing it with military secrets and information about the internal situation of the country, spreading tendentious rumours and fallacies abroad to weaken the financial confidence in the Kingdom and undermine its prestige. Today, the court heard the case in an open session according to the law. The first defendant attended the trial accompanied by his lawyers. The second and third defendants did not attend.