Namibian ex-ministers enmeshed in fish scandal in jail for New Yea

Two former ministers and four others blamed for accepting kickbacks to offer fishing rights in Namibia's greatest debasement scandal will find in the New Year from care after a court expelled their pressing discharge application on Friday.

The six are blamed for contriving to get 100 million Namibian dollars ($6.8 million) in kickbacks from backups of Iceland's greatest fishing organization Samherji to verify shares.

They tried to have the charges of extortion, washing and tax avoidance expelled in light of flawed procedure in their captures, which they contended were unlawful and politically persuaded.

"The Namibian constitution ought not become subservient to people in general just as political weights," their legal counselor Tembeka Ngcukaitobi had contended at the Windhoek High Court.

Notwithstanding, acting judge Kobus Miller decided on Friday that the application didn't meet necessities to be heard as a pressing issue because of postponements in the solicitation.

Former equity serve Sakeus Shanghala and fisheries serve Bernardt Esau, alongside two former workers of South Africa's money related administrations firm Investec, have been in guardianship for a month anticipating preliminary.

The following hearing is booked for Feb. 20.

The plan, uncovered by Wikileaks, started in 2014 and included family members of the ministers and authorities, as indicated by archives it posted on the web. It utilized a two-sided bargain among Angola and Namibia to win Samherji portions of countless tons a time of pony mackerel, as per the records.

Samherji has denied bad behavior, as have Esau and Shanghala.

Investec said a month ago its former workers had not utilized their Investec positions to encourage the plan.