After a two-month summer recess, the trial of former prime minister Ivo Sanader is scheduled to resumed on Thursday with the testimony of Stefan Hurlimann, head of a Swiss company to whose account EUR5 million was deposited for the alleged bribery of Sanader so that he would allow the Hungarian oil company MOL to gain management rights in the Croatian oil company INA, however, according to unofficial information, the last witness for the prosecution will most probably not attend tomorrow's trial.
Hurlimann already said he would not testify and according to the Zagreb County Court, there are no indications that the head of the Swiss Xenoplast company had changed his mind.
Should the witness fail to appear in court, presiding judge Ivan Turudic will ask the parties to introduce new evidence.
The Croatian anti-corruption office charged Sanader with taking a bribe from the Hungarian oil company MOL in exchange for ceding to it management rights in the Croatian oil company INA.
