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15 Nov

Galamsey: Three Charged In Connection With Aisha Huang Case

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Three individuals connected to the Aisha Huang case are facing charges for engaging in illegal mining activities and immigration-related offenses. The charges include conspiracy to undertake mining operations without a license, violating Section 23(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29), and Section 99(2)(a) of the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703), as amended by Act 995 of 2019. The First Accused, Li Wei Guo, has been charged with false representation in obtaining a work permit, contrary to Section 52(1)(e) of the Immigration Act, 2000 (Act 573). Meanwhile, Shi Mei Zhi and Nana Kwame Opoku, the Second and…

05 Dec

Why Aisha Huang Was Jailed 4 And Half Years And Why Judge Wished For Longer Sentence

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Galamsey kingpin, En Huang, also known as Aisha Huang, was Monday jailed four-and-a-half years for engaging in illegal mining by the Accra High Court. The jail term was in respect of offences she committed between 2015 and 2017 before she was first deported in 2018 following the Attorney-General’s decision to discontinue the case. After convicting the Chinese national, the presiding judge, Justice Lydia Osei Marfo, said she wished she could have given her a longer sentence. Although she was not explicit, the judge’s hand appeared to have been forced by the old mining law, the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006…

04 Dec

I Wish I Had The Right To Impose Stiffer Punishment On You – Judge To Aisha Huang

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The judge who sentenced Aisha Huang, known as the Galamsey Kingpin, to four-and-a-half years in prison and a fine of GH¢48,000, Justice Lydia Osei Marfo, had expressed a desire for a more severe sentence if she had the authority. Justice Lydia Osei Marfo remarked that, the crimes committed by Aisha Huang were serious and harmful to the State. While delivering her ruling on Monday, December 4, she explained that the prosecution of the Chinese national was carried out under Act 900, which previously set a maximum penalty of five years for engaging in mining activities without a license. She noted…

13 Oct

Aisha Huang’s Case: Court Sets December 4 To Deliver Judgement

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An Accra High Court has fixed December 4, 2023, to deliver its judgement in the case of En Huang, aka Aisha Huang, an alleged illegal miner. At the court, the defense counsel and the prosecution informed the court that they had filed their written addresses before the court. Aisha Huang is standing trial for undertaking illegal mining operations without license, facilitating the participation of persons in illegal mining unlawfully and re-entering Ghana after her deportation. Aisha has denied the charges and is in prison custody. The case of the State is that the complainants are security and intelligence officers. The…

26 Jul

Court To Announce Judgement Date For Aisha Huang Trial October 12

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An Accra High Court will on October 12, 2023, set the date to deliver judgment in the case of En Huang aka Aisha Huang, the alleged galamsey kingpin. The court presided over by Justice Lydia Osei- Marfo has therefore ordered the State, led by Yvonne Atakorah Obuobisa, the Director of Public Prosecution to file her written address on September 20, 2023. It further ordered the defence team led by Miracle Atachi to file their written address before October 11, 2023. The court gave the orders after prosecutors concluded their cross-examination of Aisha Huang, who is standing trial for undertaking illegal…

11 Jul

I Have Never Been Engaged In Galamsey – Aisha Huang Tells Court

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Aisha Huang, the infamous Chinese galamsey kingpin standing trial over her alleged activities in the illegal mining sector of Ghana, has told a court in Accra that never has she or any of her business concerns been engaged in galamsey. She explained this in the opening of her defense in the case brought against her by the State on Monday, July 10, 2023. En Huang popularly referred to as Aisha Huang, submitted her witness statement to court denying ever being into galamsey and explaining her relationship with four other accused persons. With respect to the galamsey charge, she told the…

04 Jul

Court Grants Aisha Huang One More Week To File Witness Statement

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Embattled galamsey kingpin, En Huang aka Aisha Huang has been granted one more week by the High Court in Accra to file her Witness Statement after failing to comply with orders to file before Monday’s court sitting. The Criminal Division of the Accra High Court presided over by Justice Lydia Osei Marfo on June 25 held that, a prima facie case has been established against her by the state. She was then ordered to open her defence to charges of illegal mining but the case was fixed for Monday July 3, for her to file her Witness Statement for Case…

24 May

3 Of Aisha Huang’s Accomplices Trial Begins June 6

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The Criminal Division of the High Court in Accra has fixed June 6, 2023, to commence the trial in which three persons said to be accomplices of Aisha Huang have been arraigned for allegedly engaging in illegal activities in the country. The Court presided over by Justice Lydia Osei Marfo fixed the date after the prosecution filed all the necessary documents and pre-trial processes completed by the parties. The accused persons are: Li We Guo, Shi Mei Zhi both Chinese and Nana Kwame Opoku, alias Obolo, a Ghanaian have been charged together for conspiracy to undertake mining without a license.…

05 May

State Prosecutors Close Evidence After Parading 11 Witnesses In Aisha Huang Trial

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State Prosecutors have closed their case after parading 11 witnesses to give evidence in the case in which galamsey kingpin, En Huang aka Aisha Huang, has been charged. Ms. Huang was on September 16, 2022, arraigned and charged with four counts of undertaking a mining operation without a licence, facilitating the participation of persons engaged in a mining operation, the illegal employment of foreigners and entering Ghana while she had been prohibited from re-entry. She has since been convicted by the High Court in Accra after changing her not guilty plea to guilty to an immigration offense, which was the…

19 Apr

Aisha Huang Re-Entered Ghana Because She Had Missed Her Husband – Court Told

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Alleged galamsey kingpin, Aisha Huang, re-entered Ghana because she had missed her husband, a Police Investigator told an Accra High Court on Monday. Mounting the witness box, Inspector Simon Nyaho, a Police Investigator said Aisha, aka Ruixia Huang, re-entered Ghana through the Aflao Port to visit her husband known as Prince Amoah. “I together with my team interrogated the accused person and she stated that she re-entered Ghana through the Aflao Port. “When we asked her why she came to Ghana, she stated that she had missed her husband, whose name she gave as one Prince Amoah, and that she…