Windhoek — Former fisheries minister Bernhard Esau and his co-accused have set out to prove that their release from detention is of urgency despite the High Court ruling otherwise in December last year. Esau and his co-accused, who are now commonly known as the 'Fishrot Six', have filed an appeal with the Supreme Court, challenging the court order given by High Court Judge Kobus Miller.
Miller ordered that the matter be removed from the court roll, as Esau and his co-accused failed to convince the court why they deemed their matter urgent.
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