James Yuag Zi Fang, owner of Fangs Company appeared in Court on Friday for a pre-trial conference in his case and pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
He is facing three counts of tax evasion when he allegedly failed to pay up for a period of three years.

It was alleged that in 2006, 2007 and 2008, Fang kept all his income to avoid paying tax.

According to the Solomon Star newspaper a trial date was then fixed on Friday for March 14 to 18 this year.

Acting Deputy Chief Magistrate Emma Garo adjourned the case to February 7 for an interim mention.