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Chinese galamsey 'queen' returns to illegal mining site at Bepotenteng

Chinese galamsey 'queen' returns to illegal mining site at Bepotenteng Featured

Aisha Huang, the Chinese woman behind the booming illegal mining (galamsey) in the Ashanti, Western and Eastern regions has returned to the mining site at Bepotenteng in the Amansie Central District in the Ashanti Region.

She was then arrested and processed for court pending further investigations.

A few days after her bail by the Accra High Court,  she took away some equipment including batteries that was relevant to the case of the Republic versus Aisha Huang and four others.

The four others are identified as Gao Jin Chec, 45; Lu Qi Jun, 39; Haibin Gao, 26 and Zhang Zhi Peng,  23.

 

She has been litigating with Volta Resources Limited, a minerals exploration company since February 2015 on allegations that she was encroaching on their concession.

The Director of Volta Resources, Nana Kofi Sarfo Prempeh has petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP) regarding the non-seizure of excavators belonging to Aisha Huang.

 

In August 2016, some residents of Bepotenteng with support from national security seized some excavators belonging to Aisha Huang.

This was after six children had drowned in pits dug by her workers.

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  • Origin: pulse/GhAgent