According to the Parliament Hansard, the then de facto law minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri explained on May 19, 2016, that the provision enabling trial
in absentia was not to be simply used for all cases, but with the courts to provide checks and balance by deciding whether to apply it.
So Jho Low is on the run, but can his trial go on?
The rulings
in absentia that were found to have been electronically changed [through the filing system] were all handed out by the Courts of Misdemeanours, Appeal and Residency.
Prosecution employee took Dh154,000 bribe to forge rulings
The group, consisting of hundreds of people, later performed funeral prayer
in absentia for the leader.
Funeral prayer in absentia performed for executed Nizami in Edirne
The pair are charged with breaching the institution's law and the finance minister's decisions, using the institution's funds in high-risk investments and speculations, thus leading to heavy losses and undermining the "State financial status." It said that an international detention warrant has been issued against the fugitive Al-Rajaan and has ordered his imprisonment
in absentia. 9end) tb.rk
Arrest warrant issued against former chief of social security institution
According to court documents, he was sentenced
in absentia to 15 years in prison, alongside two Muslim Brotherhood members and an Islamic preacher, for allegedly torturing a lawyer in Tahrir Square in 2011, a charge both he and the channel rejects.
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According to the BBC, five of the 11 people sentenced on Saturday were tried
in absentia.
Egyptian court sentences Morsi supporters up to 88 yrs in jail
Summary: Police arrest Thirwat Salah Shehata in Cairo suburb, adding he has been sentenced to death
in absentia in 1990s for attempted assassination of minister.
Egypt arrests senior Islamist militant close to Ayman Zawahiri
The charges were brought against former Prime Minister Nikolai Tanayev, former Vice Minister of Finance Emirlan Toromyrzaev, Finance Minister's Advisor Aidar Akayev (President Akayev's son)
in absentia. "Offshore companies were created to transfer money there.
Almost all investigation issues reach final stage in 2003 Kumtor agreement case -- Deputy Prosecutor General
Nasiriyah / NINA / A police force in Dhi Qar province arrested / 8 / wanted men, two of them have been sentenced to life
in absentia, during a raid carried out by the provincial police in different areas in the province.
Six wanted men arrested in Nasiriyah
Six other men standing trial in the same case remain on the run and are being tried
in absentia.
Terror accused fail to appear in court
Cairo: A Cairo court on Tuesday sentenced Egypt's former finance minister Yussef Boutros-Ghali to life in prison
in absentia on corruption charges, judicial sources said.
Egypt ex-finance minister gets life in absentia
In 2011 for instance, Utsch's chief executive Helmut Jungbluth, was convicted by an Egyptian court and sentenced
in absentia to a year's jail over a contract with the former Mubarak government.
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A European arrest warrant must be executed even if the person has been convicted
in absentia after failing to appear in court.
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BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraq's presidency has decided to suspend the salary of fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, who has been sentenced to death
in absentia. This came in breaking news of the state-run al-Iraqiya satellite channel.
Iraq suspends al-Hashemi's salary
Hashemi, tried
in absentia, has dismissed all charges against him as politically motivated.
Death sentence for VP compounds Iraq chaos