Sanader, who has been in extradition custody in Salzburg, was questioned today for five or six hours and he again dismissed allegations of his involvement in money laundering and gave his position on the matter, said the spokesman for the office of the Austrian federal prosecutor for corruption, Martin Ulrich.

He said the prosecution would decide on the further course of proceedings after examining materials from today's hearing.

Sanader was already questioned at the request of the Vienna-based office of the Austrian federal prosecutor for corruption on December 23, via video link.

Meanwhile, his Austrian attorney Werner Suppan said that he expected proceedings against his client to be discontinued.

Sanader explained very clearly the origin of the money in Austrian bank accounts, Suppan told the Austrian news agency APA on Friday.

During today's hearing, Sanader again dismissed all the allegations against him which appeared after a Tyrolean bank last December filed a report against him on suspicion of money laundering.

There is reportedly 1.3 million euros in Sanader's bank account and the account of one of his family members in Austria.

The money in question is the money Sanader earned as a businessman before he became politically active in Croatia. That money is not connected with Croatian allegations against him either, said Suppan.

Before completing the investigation in the case, Austrian corruption investigators will also question employees of the said Tyrolean bank and go through relevant documents, Suppan said.

The spokesman for the office of the Austrian federal corruption prosecutor, Martin Ulrich, would neither confirm nor dismiss Suppan's statement, citing the confidentiality of the proceedings.

I believe that the federal anti-corruption office will make its final report in a month's time, Suppan said, expressing confidence that the results of the investigation would lead to discontinuation of the proceedings against his client.