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  • BREAKING: Aisha Huang handed 4-year jail term

    BREAKING: Aisha Huang handed 4-year jail term

    Aisha Huang, also known as En Huang, has been convicted and sentenced to four years in prison by the High Court in Accra for engaging in mining operations without a license and for unlawfully entering Ghana while prohibited from re-entry. The court, presided over by Justice Lydia Osei Marfo, also imposed a fine of GHC48,000 on Aisha Huang.

    The charges against Aisha Huang, brought by the Attorney General Godfred Yeboah Dame, stemmed from allegations that she undertook mining operations in Ghana without the necessary licensing regime. The court found her guilty on all four charges leveled against her.

    The first charge accused Aisha Huang of “undertaking a mining operation without a license,” violating section 99(2)(a) of the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006, Act 703, as amended by the Minerals and Mining (Amendment) Act 2019, Act 995. The court accepted the state’s argument that she engaged in mining operations in the Ashanti Region between February 2015 and May 2017 without the required license.

    The second charge, “facilitating the participation of persons engaged in a mining operation,” alleged that Aisha Huang facilitated the involvement of other individuals in mining operations without the necessary license. The state contended that between February 2015 and May 2017, she enabled several individuals to participate in mining activities in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti Region.

    The third count focused on the “illegal employment of foreign nationals” under section 24 of the Immigration Act (2000), Act 573. The state argued that in May 2017, Aisha Huang illegally employed four Chinese nationals to work at an unauthorized mining site in the Ashanti Region.

    The final charge accused Aisha Huang of “entering Ghana while prohibited from re-entry” under section 20(4) of the Immigration Act (2000), Act 573. The state asserted that she was arrested in Kumasi on September 2, 2022, and found to have re-entered Ghana despite being barred.

    Aisha Huang’s case gained attention when the Attorney General took over the file in November 2022 after she was located and rearrested in Ghana years after being deported. Throughout the trial, Aisha Huang was denied bail and remained in prison custody.

    The survey conducted by Global Info Analytics, released on Monday, December 2, 2023, indicates that former President John Dramani Mahama leads in the Northern Region polls for the 2024 elections. The study revealed that Mahama secured 55% of the votes, surpassing Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, who garnered 37%. The poll covered 18 constituencies in the Northern Region, with economic concerns being a key factor influencing voters’ choices. The total sample size was 1,538, and the margin of error was ±3.19%, with a confidence level of 99%. The survey was conducted between November 20 and November 30, 2023.

  • Chinese now running provision and spare parts shops in Juaboso – Mintah Akandoh laments

    Residents of Juaboso in the Western North region are gradually falling out of business as Chinese nationals have taken over their daily petty trading.

    Speaking on Okay FM’s ‘Ade Akye Abia’ programme, the Member of Parliament(MP) for Juaboso constituency, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh lamented that Chinese nationals are not only engaging in galamsey but are also selling provisions and spare parts.

    A trading activity that was hitherto reserved for the indigenous community members of Juaboso and its environs.

    Hon. Mintah Akandoh who is very much worried about the unpalatable situation says the government’s fight against illegal mining popularly known as galamsey has become a mere rhetoric with the Chinese mining with impunity.

    “The NPP government do not have the desire to fight or end the illegal mining because they are not committed to it. A number of NPP foot soldiers and even top hierarchy are heavily involved in the galamsey business. For instance, with what happened at Elubo, an NPP constituency Secretary was among those who were arrested for destroying a whole village in the name of Galamsey,” he said.

    He further explained that though government claims to have invested heavily in the fight against illegal mining, it looks more attractive now than before because those who are caught destroying the water bodies and the forest reserves are left to go unpunished which will at least serve as a deterrent to others.

    “How can we allow Chinese nationals with the aid of Ghanaians to destroy our water bodies and forest reserves and also take over businesses meant for Ghanaians,” he rhetorically asked.

    Expressing his disgust for the rate at which illegal miners have taken over his constituency, he noted that government’s abysmal performance in the fight against galamsey clearly shows that they are losing it.

     

  • Aisha Huang lived in Ghana, Togo over 3 years prior to acquiring her Ghana Card in February 2022 – Okudzeto Ablakwa

    Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has refuted reports that galamsey kingpin Aisha Huang returned to Ghana on February 27, 2022, despite her repatriation in 2018.

    Mr. Ablakwa asserts that the Chinese national has been residing between Ghana and Togo for more than three years prior to 2022, in violation of the Comptroller-General’s requirements for her repatriation from that country on December 19, 2018.

    “We can confirm that Aisha Huang has footprints of her physical presence in Ghana from as far back as February 27, 2019 – yes, more than 3 years ago, and much longer than originally portrayed,” the North Tongu legislator wrote in a Facebook post.

    “Our unimpeachable investigations reveal that even before Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Maafo justified Aisha Huang’s doubtful deportation in April 2019 and long before President Akufo-Addo’s statement on the dubious deportation in September 2019, Aisha Huang was in Ghana travelling on multiple occasions between Ghana and Togo,” he added.

    The Minority MP disclosed that Aisha Huang, whose real name is Ruixia Huang and not En Huang, was able to travel back and forth because she had two or more Chinese passports with her.

    “One passport bears the name Huang En with passport number: G39575625. It was issued on January 14, 2010. Her other passport has the name Huang Ruixia. Its number is: EE9994609. This particular Chinese passport was issued on January 14, 2019,” he revealed.

    According to him, strangely, “both passports have different dates of birth. In her En Huang passport (G39575625) she claims to have been born July 7, 1986 while in the Ruixia Huang passport (EE9994609) she claims to be much older, having been born on November 7, 1975.”

    Since it has been rectified that Aisha Huang travelled through approved routes but with a forged document, as stated by government spokesperson on security and governance, Palgrave Boakye- Danquah, Mr Ablakwa firmly believes that her multiple trips to Togo and back to Ghana since February 2019 were not on the blind side of Ghanaian authorities.

    “We come to the firm conclusion that the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government ought to have known about her multiple travels between Ghana and Togo at a time we were told she had been deported to China because expert forensic analysis we have conducted on Ghana Immigration Embarkation and Disembarkation Stamps in her Chinese passport using the latest version of the globally acclaimed Video Spectral Comparator (VSC 8000/HS) confirms that all the Ghana Immigration Embarkation/ Disembarkation Stamps in her passport are genuine,” he explained.

    He also alleged that Aisha Huang physically presented herself to Ghana Immigration officials at the Aflao border on February 27, 2019 and on April 28, 2019.

    Mr Ablakwa argues that it is most bizarre that Aisha Huang’s biometrics didn’t raise alarm at the Aflao border immigration post considering that her biometrics had previously been captured at numerous locations, including at the Kotoka International Airport and the National Identification Authority (NIA).

    He is of the assertion that the “galamseyer” had “collaborators within our security institutions” as “her well-stored details as contained in Ghana’s PISCES (Personal Identification Secured Certified Evaluation System)” failed to raise an alarm.

    Meanwhile, Mr Ablakwa says investigations carried out by sources close to him have confirmed that Aisha Huang was indeed born on November 7, 1975.

    “Her Ghana Non Citizen Identity Card has different information from her China Identity Card – she clearly told NIA officials she was born on July 7, 1986. Curiously, her En Huang passport had not expired on its scheduled expiry date of January 13, 2020 when she secured her Ruixia Huang passport on January 14, 2019,” he further claimed.

    For the North Tongu MP, “it’s quite striking how she makes sure her Chinese passports are always issued on January 14.”

    He has, therefore, called on the Chinese government to clarify the genuineness of both passports, and if they are genuine, “why Aisha Huang was issued a second passport when her earlier passport hadn’t expired.”

    On the other hand, Mr. Ablakwa has questioned the government about why it didn’t “share intelligence on the notorious Aisha Huang with governments of neighbouring countries as is standard practice, which could have limited Aisha’s sinister movements in the sub-region.”

    He is also upset that the many Ghanaian officials involved in this “cruel and embarrassing conspiracy against our republic” have not been fired and charged along with Aisha Huang in the current prosecution.

    “It remains a mockery of humongous proportions that all of Ghana’s security ministers are still keeping their jobs. When nobody in authority is punished for this international disgrace and for this grand scheme which has left our environment and water bodies destroyed, the only logical interpretation is that national leadership, right from the Presidency, is complicit,” he added.

    Aisha Huang, who was arrested on September 2, 2022, in Kumasi, has been arrested for undertaking mining without a licence, facilitating the participation of persons engaged in a mining operation contrary to law, illegal employment of foreign nationals and entering Ghana while prohibited from re-entry.

    The Attorney-General is responsible for the aforementioned charges against the Chinese national who is expected to reappear before the Accra Circuit Court 9, together with; Jong Li Hua Huang Jei and Huiad Hiahu on September 27, 2022, for reportedly engaging in the sale and purchase of minerals without a licence and mining without a licence.

    On the charges against Aisha Huang, Mr Ablakwa claims that they are “deliberately scanty, narrow, and superficial with the obvious intention of protecting guilty accomplices in high places.”

    According to him, the government “cannot be trusted on this and many matters,”, therefore, is calling for a full independent Article 278 Commission of Enquiry which must be broadcast live to all Ghanaians.

    Following Aisha Huang’s return, it has been confirmed that the Chinese national was not deported in 2018 as stated by former Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Maafo, but was repatriated.

    Unsettled matters

    In 2018, Aisha Huang was being prosecuted with four other Chinese accomplices; Gao Jin Chen, Lu Qi Jun, Haibin Gao and Zhang Zhipeng for undertaking small-scale mining operations contrary to Section 99 (1) of the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703), among other charges.

    Although it has been clarified that Aisha Huang was repatriated, nothing has been said about her four original accomplices.

    Mr Ablakwa has called on the government to inform Ghanaians whether the four were also repatriated or not.

    “The fundamental question that arises therefore is: what really happened to Gao Jin Chen, Lu Qi Jun, Haibin Gao and Zhang Zhipeng? Like Aisha Huang – were they deported or repatriated? Did they flee or did they sneak out? Were they allowed to stay in Ghana all these years, and do we know exactly what they are doing in our country? If they ever left, have they also been allowed to sneak back in?” he quizzed.

    Source: The Independent Ghana

  • It’s a small matter that the circumstances surrounding Aisha Haung’s case have been exaggerated – Kofi Akpaloo

    Kofi Akpaloo, the founder and leader of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), concurs with Aisha Huang’s attorney that “the issue is being overhyped.”

    “My concern is that the media has overhyped this tiny subject of mining without a license and making mineral sales without a license,” claims Nkrabea Effah Dartey. It’s a little issue; in Ghana, it occurs daily.
    I therefore fail to see the need for a media commentary on this subject.And that is what is causing the difficulty and adding all kinds of uncertainty to it.

    Speaking on Kumasi-based Hello FM, Kofi Akpaloo claimed that the media was focusing excessively on Aisha Haung.

    “We are spending too much time on trivial topics; this is being blown out of proportion. Why are we focusing on Aisha Haung so much? “He pointed.