ABU DHABI. Apr 3: An Aby Dhabi court on Saturday again postponed hearings in the trial of BCCI bank executives until April 9 pending a report on civil claims against the defen dants. reports AP.

But legal sources said the postponement of one week, instead of the usual one month, was an indication that the trial has reached Its final stages. They said a verdict is expected within two months.

The report by the Arthur Andersen auditing' firm will detail losses suffered by BCCI shareholders, mainly .the Abu Dhabi government

Meanwhile. Judge Shihab • Abdul-Rahman refused defence lawyers' pleas to release the defendants, citing fears they may jump ball and flee the country, court officials told reporters. All sources demanded anonymity.

Ten of the 13 executives ©f the collapsed Bank of Credit and Commerce international on trial here are in police cus-Cody. One was released on bail for health reasons before the trial started In October, while two others including the bank's ailing elderly Pakistani founder Agha Hasan Abed! are being tried in absentia.

Abedl is in Pakistan and former BCCI treasurer Ziapddln All Akbar is now serving a six-year prison sentence in Britain on related charges.