Manama: A court in Bahrain on Wednesday postponed the trial of three intelligence case suspects, including Ali Salman, the former head of the now-dissolved Al Wefaq Society, to December 28.
Advocate General Osama Al Oufi said that the High Criminal Court held its second session in the trial of Ali Salman Ali Ahmad, Hassan Ali Juma Sultan and Ali Mahdi Ali Al Aswad on charges of intelligence links with the State of Qatar.
The three suspects were referred by the Public Prosecutor to the court for intelligence contacts with a foreign state to carry out subversive acts against the Kingdom of Bahrain in order to undermine its political and economic status and its national interests and topple the regime, he said.
They were also charged with revealing defence secrets to a foreign country, accepting money from a foreign state for divulging military secrets and information pertaining to the internal situation in the Kingdom, and disseminating false information and inciting allegations abroad in order to weaken financial trust in the Kingdom and undermine its prestige, the advocate general added.
The trial was held in a public hearing as required by Bahraini law. Ali Salman, who is serving a prison term in another case, attend the session with four of his lawyers, Al Oufi said.
On Monday, he refused to attend the first session of the trial.
The other two suspects are being tried in absentia after they fled the country.
