The family of deposed Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has appointed four lawyers to defend him against accusations of money laundering and possession of large sums of foreign currency without legal grounds.
A source from the family revealed that the lawyers include former parliament Speaker Ahmed Ibrahim al-Raher and former Defense Ministers Abdel Basit Sabderat and Omar Abdul Ati.
Some 50 figures have expressed readiness to defend Bashir, the source told the German dpa news agency on condition of anonymity on Saturday.
The prosecution question Bashir on Thursday in the absence of a lawyer, he revealed.
The prosecution defended its move, saying it was only carrying out a preliminary probe, he added.
Bashir was removed from office by the military on April 11 after months of demonstrations against his 30-year rule.
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