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The Ghana Chinese Chamber of Commerce has expressed concern about the occupation of the Big Stone Mining - Company Limited, a wholly-owned Chinese company operating at Bogoso in the Western Region, by a group of policemen.
 
Describing the takeover as shocking, the Chamber said the occupation and driving away of the workers by the policemen when there was a pending legal matter over the shareholding of the company, flies in the face of the laws of Ghana.
 
The Chamber accused the plaintiff in a legal battle over the shareholding of the company, Wan Shanghong, alias Magee, of using her political connection with some elements at the Jubilee House and colluding with the police to occupy the factory, a development that is causing the company huge financial losses.
 
Consequently, the Chamber has in a letter to the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, called for action to restore normalcy.
 
Dated August 30, 2022, and signed by the President of the Chamber, Tang Hong, the Chamber stated: “ The local judicial system should protect the basic rights of our Chinese companies and the personal safety of Chinese employees as well as the employment needs of the local employees.”
 
“We hope that the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General, the Chief Justice and the Ghana Police Service can take the fairness and impartiality of the law as a criterion, crackdown on illegal acts and also give justice to business operators, and give confidence to investors in Ghana,” the letter which was copied to the Chief Justice, and the Inspector General of Police (IGP) stated.
 
Directive ignored
 
The Police Headquarters had acted on a directive from the office of the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice to the IGP, directing the Western Regional Police Command on September 1, 2022, to withdraw the men at the factory but the directive is yet to be carried out.
 
A wireless message signed by the Director General, Police Legal and Prosecutions, Commissioner of Police (COP) Nathan Kofi Boakye said, “ The Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Justice has written to the Police Administration that the ex-parte order obtained at the High Court Commercial Division on 28th July 2022 has expired. Therefore, all the policemen deployed to the mining company consequent upon the order should be withdrawn immediately to avoid contempt proceedings against the police administration.”