This archive report was first published on 20 August 2019.
On August 20, 2019, Miao Yi, a Chinese businessman, appeared in court to face tax evasion charges amounting to Sh1.3 billion. The charges were brought by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) detectives, who accused Miao of failing to file the correct amount of income following the money he deposited in his bank accounts after doing business in the country.
According to the KRA detectives, they had completed their phase one investigation and decided to charge Miao with evasion of tax amounting to Sh349 million as a start. The accused, however, did not plead to the charges before Mombasa Chief Magistrate Edna Nyaloti.
Nyaloti remanded Miao to wait for an interpreter, stating, 'It is his right to understand what he is being charged with.'
Miao, along with Jiang Liang and other company employees, have already been charged in other tax evasion-related charges.
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