Mozambique delays verdict in 'tuna bond' scandal trial
The younger Guebuza refuted the allegations and claimed they were made for political reasons.
Boakyewaa Lawrencia 
The greatest corruption trial in Mozambique's history has seen its verdict postponed by a court for three months.
More than $2.7 billion (£2 billion) in undisclosed state debt is at the center of the scandal; this is money that the government borrowed to establish a sophisticated tuna industry and used to purchase trawlers and military patrol boats, but much of it is alleged to have been diverted to corrupt officials.
Ndambi Guebuza, the son of former president Armando Guebuza, and 18 other people are among those indicted. They were accused of extortion, theft, and money laundering.
The younger Guebuza refuted the allegations and claimed they were made for political reasons.
The decision, which was scheduled for 1 August, has now been postponed to 30 November.
Judge Efigénio Baptista cited the complexity of the case and the huge volume of evidence, amounting to 30,000 pages, as the reasons for the delay.
The trial started in August last year on the grounds of a maximum-security prison on the outskirts of the capital, Maputo.
