 |
| Aisha Huang. |
Aisha Huang, a citizen of China, has denied the allegations
brought against her by the state.
She entered a not guilty plea for both accusations during her
appearance in an Accra Circuit Court on Wednesday, 14th September, 2022.
The state is prosecuting Ms. Huang on two counts: selling and
buying minerals without a licence and mining without a licence.
Aisha Huang was there with three others and communicated
through translator.
The judge reportedly remanded her and her three accomplices.
The re-arrest of the Chinese 'galamsey' queen from the
Ashanti Region has been the most talked about news story of the previous week.
When asked about her re-arrest after her purported 2018 return
from Ghana, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo claimed ignorance.
The President, speaking in Ho, claimed he was not briefed on
the deportation's final arrangements.
“I’m not still sure whether she was in fact deported. Or
whether she fled the country the first time and has now come back. There still
seems to be some uncertainty about it.”
“But whichever way it is, she’s become the sort of nickname
for all that galamsey represents”, he said.
“We have concerted to work at it. We need to have the corporation
of the courts. Until recently when I came, the punishment for people caught was
relatively light. [But] we’ve changed the law to stiffen the punishment for
people caught.”, he added.
Under his presidency, he claims, efforts to crack down on
illegal mining have improved greatly.
As a result, the President of Ghana called on his countrymen (Ghanaians) to keep up the pressure in the
fight against the problem.
“The efforts have brought a lot of fruits, first of all, 'galamsey' is now a subject of national discussion. Everywhere you go, there’s
this matter of 'galamsey'. We’ve at least achieved this purpose of heightening
consciousness about it as an evil.”
The President had previously voiced his support for Ms.
Huang's prosecution.
Source: ghananews.hrforum.uk
0 Comments