Although he received a summons, Kirin, a former interior minister and incumbent mayor of Virovitica, excused himself with previous commitments, but the judge said that "such an excuse, without any document, means nothing for this court."
Sanader's counsels Cedo Prodanovic and Jadranka Slokovic have to pay the HRK 5,000 fine for procrastinating the trial.
Kirin is one of the suspects in the Fimi Media case but is expected to be tried separately.
Leaders of Bosnia's HDZ 1990 party were also to have been questioned today, but the party said yesterday they had not been notified.