Saudi authorities plan to submit the names of individuals who fled the country after being found guilty of corruption charges in connection with the 2009 Jeddah flood disaster to the international criminal police organization Interpol.

The list includes Saudi businessmen and residents who failed to attend court hearings despite being notified in advance.

Sources confirmed that 302 defendants were being tried for bribery, forgery and abuse of power.

While some of the defendants had been acquitted, several others, including government officials and employees in the sports sector, had been convicted as charged.

The administrative court in Jeddah had previously discovered during one of its sessions that officials from the Jeddah municipality, as well as other defendants, had left the country without any explanation or justification.

The court had then pledged that defendants who fail to attend hearings would be tracked down by Interpol.