The International Crimes Tribunal 2 yesterday was irked as the conducting defence counsel had been skipping the court proceedings during the ongoing blockade.
The tribunal closed the cross-examination of 16th prosecution witness Lutfar Rahman Nakib who testified on Monday as the junior defence lawyers denied to quiz the witness.
Senior defence counsel Mizanur Rahman remained absent since November 25 when the opposition had enforced nationwide blockade programmes protesting the polls schedule declared by the Election Commission.
For this, the tribunal had earlier closed cross-examination of four prosecution witnesses.
On Monday, the tribunal warned accused AKM Yusuf and gave him four options to continue the trial process. It fixed today Wednesday for order on this matter.
The tribunal asked Yusuf whether he would question the witness himself, order the junior counsel to cross examine, appoint new counsel or else the tribunal can appoint a new lawyer.
Yusuf said he would not be able to quiz the witnesses because of his illness and age.
