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General News of Monday, July 22, 2019
Source: ABCnewsgh.com
2019-07-22
Charles Bissue, Secretary of the Interdepartmental Committee on Illegal Mining
The lawyers for Charles Bissue, who until then held the position of secretary of the Interministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), stated that their client had been cleared as a result of investigations of the police on allegations of corruption.
In a letter to the president in March this year, Bissue, who is also a member of the presidential staff, decided to step down to be investigated after being accused by the documentary Anas-Tiger Eye PI galamsey.
According to the documentary, the secretary was allegedly involved in alleged obscure deals aimed at facilitating the processes of a mining company called ORR Resource Enterprise.
But a letter written by the Criminal Investigation Department of the police in Ampofo, Oppong and Associates, a lawyer for Charles Bissue, following his thorough investigation of the case, exempted him from any wrongdoing.
According to the final report, a copy of which is in the possession of ABC News, the CID concluded that Charles Bissue had not circumvented the procedures established by the IMCIM to favor ORR Resource Enterprise, the company at the center of L & 39. ;incident.
The report also found that the broadcast documentary did not accurately reflect what had transpired between the staff secretary and President Yaw Ben of ORR Resource Enterprise.
The IDC's investigations relied mainly on documentary and other sources, as indicated previously.
"The main investigator of the documentary Tiger Eye, Anas Aremeyaw Anas did not prevail to contribute to the investigations and did not provide a copy of the unedited version of the documentary either." He said he had already filed an application with the Special Prosecutor's Office, "said part of the report.
He also said that the main witness, Yaw Ben, had not participated in the investigations to substantiate the corruption charges against the respective suspects.
The report concluded that Charles Bissue was not found guilty of any offense.
Until his decision to retire, Mr. Bissue was secretary of the IMCIM. It is likely that he could return to his post after his exoneration.
A parallel investigation conducted by the Special Prosecutor's Office, which is still ongoing, has not yet resulted in a different outcome.
The committee was set up to fight against illegal mining and thus seized dozens of excavators and arrested illegal miners, including foreigners.
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