A Sudanese court representing deposed President Omar al-Bashir on charges of corruption and illicit richness has issued a verdict of arresting the Auditor General of the Republic, Taher Abdel Gayoum, for missing his testimony as a defense witness in the case.
At the ninth session of the Bashir trial, Judge Sadiq Abdul Rahman al-Faki accused the defense of failing to bring its witnesses, but did not issue a decision to close the defense case.
For its part, the defense accused the prosecution of threatening defense witnesses and influencing the proceedings of the case, and asked the defense court to restrict a communication in the face of prosecutors on those charges.
The defense also revealed that former Finance Minister Muslim Ahmed al-Amiri, a defense witness, retracted his appearance before the judge despite attending the court headquarters, for fear of harm, according to the defense.
The court refused to testify one of the defense witnesses in secret, and set a hearing next Saturday to testify with another witness at the trial.
On April 11, the army's leadership ousted Bashir from the presidency, after 30 years in power, under the weight of popular protests that began late last year, condemning the deteriorating economic situation.
On August 19, the first trial of Bashir, who faces corruption charges, was found after finding seven million euros in his residence after his isolation.
At the end of August, the ousted president acknowledged during his interrogation that he had received $ 25 million from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in person.
He said that the amount was disbursed to parties and bodies for the public interest, and did not spend it in his personal interest, and refused to deposit in the Central Bank of Sudan; so as not to disclose the name of the person financed.