State prosecutors have filed a nolle prosequi to discontinue the trial of En Huang aka Aisha and four other Chinese alleged to be involved in illegal mining (galamsey).
Senior State Attorney, Ms Mercy Arthur, presented the application for nolle prosequi to the Accra High Court, presided over by Mr Justice Charles Ekow Baiden on Wednesday.
Sources at the immigration service have revealed to Graphic Online that the state would soon deport the five Chinese.
Charges and facts
Aisha and her compatriots were arraigned before court on May 9, 2017 for engaging in illegal small-scale mining at Bepotenten in the Amansie Central District in the Ashanti Region.
She was charged with three counts of undertaking small-scale mining operations, contrary to Section 99 (1) of the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703); providing mining support services without valid registration with the Minerals Commission, contrary to the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703), and the illegal employment of foreign nationals, contrary to the Immigration Act, 2000 (Act 573).
The other four accused persons were charged with disobedience of directives given by or under the Immigration Act, 2000 (Act 573).
According to the prosecution, Aisha had a mining concession at Bepotenten and also operated a mining support services company.
The four other accused persons, it said, were employed by Aisha to work at the mining site.
The prosecution claimed checks at the Minerals Commission, however, revealed that Aisha had no licence to operate either a mine or a mining support services company.
They also contended that the visas issued to all the five Chinese by the Ghana Embassy in Beijing, China, did not allow them to work in Ghana.
Source: Daily Graphic
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IF IT WAS IN CHINA THEY WOULD SURELY IMPRISON THE FOREIGNER FIRST AND THEN DEPORT WHEN HE HAS SERVED HIS TERM. BUT LOOK AT GHANA, THEY QUIETLY SENT HER AWAY!! WHY IS THE GOVT NO LONGER INTERESTED IN THE CASE????THIS IS SUSPICIOUS!
are they deporting her or not? i want to know
So is the President there? Hmmmm wonders shall never end. No comment. Black Africa !!
Is the AG saying it is not aware of all these and kept wasting our time including that of the court?
DEPORT THEM AND MAKE SURE THEY NEVER COME BACK TO GHANA. DO SAME TO ALL THESE CHINESE PEOPLE WHO JUST WANT TO DESTROY OUR FORESTRY AND WATERS. ONE THING WE SHOULD KNOW THAT THESE CHINESE PEOPLE WILL NEVER EVER ALLOW US TO DO SUCH IN THEIR COUNTRY. HE....CK THEY WON'T EVEN ALLOW US TO HAVE BETTER JOBS TALK ALONE HAVING ACCESS TO THEIR LANDS AND WATER. THEY WILL KILL US FIRST. YET, HERE WE ARE GIVING THEM FREE RIDES TO MESS US UP AND THEN LEAVE WHEN THEY ARE DONE. LEADERS AND PEOPLE OF GHANA, WAKE UP, RISE UP, STAND UP AND LET'S FIGHT FOR OUR MOTHER LAND.