Bail applicant George Cloete has objected to cross-examination by the state on his bank account transactions during his bail application hearing in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate's court.

Cloete faces counts of violating the Prevention of Organised Crime Act and illicit trafficking under the Diamond Act. 

He raised an objection and argued questions were irrelevant to a bail hearing and not to conduct the matter as if it were a pre-trial hearing. 

The bail hearing continues tomorrow.