Eleven persons including the Minister of Lands, Forestry and Mines, and the Forestry Commission (FC) yesterday opened their defence in the on-going contempt suit filed by the Ghana Association of Forest Plantation Wood Millers and Exporters (GATEX).
Eight of the defendants who opened their defence told the court presided over by Justice P.K. Gyaesayor that they were not aware of the pending suit of interlocutory injunction until few days after the competitive bidding held on April 21 this year when they were served with court notice citing them for contempt.
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