Court adjourns spying case to March 8

Manama : The High Criminal Court yesterday adjourned hearing in the Qatar spying case to March 8. Ali Salman Ali Ahmed, Hassan Ali Jumaa Sultan and Ali Mehdi Ali Al Aswad are the accused in the case, Advocate General Osama Al Oufi said.

The accused are facing charges of exchanging 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 accused are also facing charges of divulging defence secrets to a foreign country, accepting money from a foreign country for sharing military secrets and information about the internal situation of the country, spreading tendentious rumours and fallacies abroad to weaken economy of the Kingdom and undermine its prestige.

The court yesterday heard the case in an open session according to the law. The first suspect attended the trial accompanied by his lawyers. The Prosecution demanded its right to plead while the suspect retained in custody. The court will hear the prosecution’s pleading on March 8.