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Two Chi­nese busi­ness­women have been freed of charges for open­ing their su­per­mar­ket dur­ing a cur­few for the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic in 2021 due to de­lays in pros­e­cut­ing their case.

Mag­is­trate De­bra Quin­tyne dis­missed the charges against Shumin Zhou and Xaio Zheng as po­lice pros­e­cu­tors were not pre­pared to start their case, which was set for tri­al yes­ter­day.

The duo was charged un­der Pub­lic Health Reg­u­la­tions for the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic af­ter po­lice al­leged­ly found Hap­pi­ness Su­per­mar­ket in Barataria open on June 3, 2021.