The matter in which Chinese businessman Hou Xuecheng and his Namibian co-accused Hamutenja Hamutenya were summoned to appear on a count of dealing in controlled wildlife products from 2014, was put on hold again on Wednesday. This time, it is to allow Xuecheng, who is no stranger to the law, the opportunity to raise funds to pay for his lawyer, Kadhila Amoomo. The matter was already struck from the court roll on several occasions because the PG did not have her ducks in a row, and then re-enrolled. Both accused persons are free on a warning after their case was struck and their bail money returned to them. Amoomo applied for the postponement on Wednesday, and informed Magistrate Linus Samunzala that his client needed at least two months to sort out his financial issues and place him in funds to proceed with the trial. He told the magistrate that Xuecheng had to go through two "full-blown" bail applications last year and early this year, which depleted him financially. Amoomo said his client was in custody for almost the whole of December. He only got bail on 28 December last year, and was again arrested on 11 January this year. He was released only on bail at the end of February.