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General News on Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Source: mynewsgh.com
2019-04-17
play the videoPrime Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo and Aisha Huang
Prime Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo, justified the decision of a high court in Accra to release the Chinese queen of war galamsey, Aisha Huang, who was sent back to China, her home country. originally, last December.
At a public meeting held recently outside the country, Mr. Yaw Osafo Maafo was heard in a widely circulated video, saying that he was in the best interest no Ghanaian to imprison Aisha Huang in Ghana, where she allegedly committed the crime. in collusion with others.
"Putting [Aisha Huang] In prison in Ghana is not going to solve your money problem. It will not make you happy or make me happy, "he revealed in the background, on the contrary, to shout that they should have at least imprisoned him.
In trying to explain the precarious nature of the problem, he added, "We have very good relations with China. The main company contributing to the development of the infrastructure system in Ghana is Sinohydro, it is a Chinese company. It is the one that will help us deal with our bauxite and provide us with about $ 2 billion. So when there is this kind of arrangement, there are other things behind the scenes. Putting [Aisha Huan] In prison in Ghana is not going to solve your money problem. It will not make you happy or me happy.
It's not important … the most important thing is that she was expelled from Ghana. There are many other things besides what we see in these cases and everyone is awake. The most important thing is that we have established regulations and we protect our environment. It's much more important than a Chinese woman who has been sent back to her country. "
Context
Chinese "illegal mining queen" Huang, aka Aisha, and four other Chinese nationals arrested for involvement in illegal mining (Galamsey) in Ghana last December were deported
This decision was made following the filing by the Attorney General, Mrs. Mercy Arthu, of an Attorney General who put the motion before the High Court of Accra, presided over by Judge Charles Ekow Baiden. .
Aisha and her compatriots were brought to court on May 9, 2017 for participating in an illegal mining operation in Bepotenten, in the central district of Amansie, in the Ashanti region.
She was charged with three small-scale mining business leaders, in violation of Section 99 (1) of the Mining and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703); provide mining badistance services without valid registration to the Minerals Commission, contrary to the Mining and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703), and to the illegal employment of foreign nationals, in violation of the Immigration Act, 2000 (Bill 573).
The other four defendants were charged with disobedience to the directions given under the Immigration Act 2000 (Law 573).
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According to the prosecution, Aisha had a mining concession in Bepotenten and also operated a mining badistance company.
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