Journalists denied access to trial of spies for foreign countries

SANA'A, Oct 11 (Saba) - In a hearing to which journalists and businessmen were
denied access, the Specialized Penal Court started on Saturday the trial of three
nationals convicted of spying for foreign countries.

The state-run 26sep.net reported the three were identified as Abdul Karim Ali Abdul
Karim al-Alaji, 33, Hani Ahmed Deen Muhammad, 31, Skandar Abdullah Yousuf Abdu, 57.

The three were arrested in Aden and referred to the judicial authorities under
convictions of spying for foreign states through disclosing secrets of national
defense systems and documents containing information on the country's political,
economic and security conditions.

The authorities claim the men acts harmed Yemen's position.

Now the trial has been adjourned for next Saturday. In February, the court sentenced
two locals to death after they were found guilty of spying for an Arab state.

Hamad Ali Al-Dhahouk and Abdulaziz Al-Hatbani were convicted of spying for Egypt by
supplying information to Egyptian diplomats in Sana'a.