A Chinese businessman who has been facing charges of dealing in controlled wildlife products over the past eight years left the Windhoek Magistrate's Court as a free man yesterday, after his case was struck from the court roll. The state alleged that the five men illegally dealt in four elephant tusks in Windhoek on 11 June 2014. The state also alleged that Hou, Sha and Kumar illegally possessed a cheetah skin and a leopard skin in Windhoek on 12 June 2014. Less than three months later, Hou was again arrested and charged with possession of controlled wildlife products, after a pangolin skin, a leopard head and seven zebra skins were allegedly found in his possession at the China Town shopping complex in Windhoek. Hou, who in recent years has been involved in controversial logging activities in north-eastern Namibia, was released on bail in an amount of N$100 000 following his second arrest.