BTA, the Kazakh bank seeking to recover $5bn that it alleges its former chairman embezzled, has asked a judge to strike out the banker’s appeal of a previous conviction if he does not appear in court.
Mukhtar Ablyazov was sentenced to 22 months in jail in February for contempt of court, but did not show up for the ruling and has been missing ever since. http://bit.ly/Iyc1lW
