One of the accused persons in the case in which Aisha Huang and some four other Chinese nationals are standing trial for engaging in illegal mining has defied the court order asking him to file his medical report to the registrar. The order followed his absence from court on Monday, February 19 compelling the judge … Read more
An Accra High Court has dismissed an application for a review of bail conditions filed by lawyer for Chinese galamsey kingpin Aisha Huang. According to the court, presided over by Justice Charles Edward Ebow Baiden, the accused did not tender compelling evidence for the bail variation to be granted. Aisha Huang, 31, is standing trial … Read more
An Accra High Court has adjourned hearing of the case involving the Chinese woman believed to be deeply engaged in illegal mining in Ghana, Aisha Huang and four others, because both parties rejected the Chinese interpreter. This follows concerns raised by both defence and prosecution lawyers that the interpreter, Yun Chin York, who is a … Read more
That Ghana is inviting the Chinese to mine bauxite at Atiwa and some other ore centres has made remarkable headlines this week. Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia says his government sought to leverage less than five percent of our bauxite deposits to unlock close to $20billion. According to him, Ghana has about 460million tonnes of bauxite … Read more
The two, Gao Jin Cheng and Lu Qi Jun, were part of four suspects granted bail alongside Aisha Huang An Accra High Court has called for the re-arrest of two Chinese illegal miners who were granted bail. The two, Gao Jin Cheng and Lu Qi Jun, were part of four suspects granted bail alongside Aisha … Read more
Galamsey kingpin, En Huang also known as Aisha is said to have gone back to the mining concession site at Bepotenteng in the Amansie Central District in the Ashanti Region, a few days after she was granted bail by the Accra High Court. She is said to have taken away some equipment including batteries that … Read more
The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has frowned on a decision by the Attorney-General’s Department to accept a GH?10,000 grift from the Chinese Mission in Ghana. According to the GII, the AG’s office should not have taken the money in the midst of the prosecution of some Chinese nationals involved in illegal mining in the country. … Read more
The GHC10,000 by the Chinese Mission in Ghana to the Attorney General’s office has generated lots of backlash from the public. The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has also described the development as worrying. According to the GII, the AG’s office should not have taken the money in the midst of the prosecution of some Chinese … Read more
An Accra High Court has granted bail to Aisha Huang and her four colleagues accused of engaging in illegal mining activities (galamsey) in the country. This was after the presiding judge, Justice Charles Ekow Baiden indicated that the prosecutors failed to prove how granting the accused persons bail will interfere in their investigations and the … Read more
Embattled Chinese galamsey queen, Aisha Huang may not be the real kingpin of illegal mining activities in Ghana after all if what the Managing Director of the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL), Mr Kenneth Ashigbey said is anything to go by. “I know of one man who has got over 1,000 excavators. He owns a … Read more
Ghana is not poor afterall; We did not need Aisha Huang to come and tell us They came from thousands of miles away, crossing oceans and mountains, arrived in the country and went deep into our forests. They knew a lot of things that we, sitting just some scores of miles away, either did not … Read more
Christian Addo Kuffour who was sentenced to three years imprisonment in hard labour by a Bekwai Circuit Court in the Ashanti region has revealed how ‘galamsey queen’ Aisha Huang armed her with a foreign made pistol to kill intruders. According to the former aide of the embattled Chinese national, he was caught up with the … Read more
Pressure group, OccupyGhana has expressed happiness with the changes in charges filed by the state in the case involving The Republic versus En Huang and four others. It would be recalled that OccupyGhana petitioned the Attorney-General (A-G) to call back the docket sheets in the case of the five Chinese nationals accused of engaging in … Read more
The second in the series of public show of anger against galamsey declared by the media Coalition Against Galamsey, comes off on Friday, May 26, 2017 throughout the country. Known as the National Red Friday, the day was declared by the coalition to demonstrate their anger against the illegal activities and thereby draw public attention … Read more
Former Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister Joseph Yamin is skeptical about efforts to convict 31-year-old ‘galamsey Queen’, Aisha Huang. In his view, investigations by the police will be an exercise in futility it does not collaborate with the Bureau of National Investigations. Aisha Huang, believed to be deeply engaged in illegal mining in Ghana, was arrested … Read more
Former Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister, under the NDC government, Joseph Yamin, says Aisha Huang, the popular 31–year-old Chinese galamsey guru’s dealings go beyond what she has been arrested for. Aisha Huang, believed to be deeply engaged in illegal mining in Ghana, was arrested earlier in May by the Ghana Immigration Service over her alleged involvement … Read more
The Chinese woman believed to be deeply engaged in illegal mining reacted angrily to the court’s adjournment of the ruling for her application for bail today [Tuesday]. Aisha Huang, whose lawyer moved for the bail application, citing her worsening health, was seen slamming her fists on the seat which she sat on before breaking down … Read more
Former moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana Professor Emmanuel Martey has said illegal mining blossomed under former President John Mahama. According to the outspoken cleric, even though the former President assured him of steps his government was taking to address the menace, it yielded no fruits in the years that he remained President of … Read more
The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, has sued The Republic – a pro-National Democratic Congress (NDC) newspaper – over a publication suggesting that he had abused his office by using his position to extend diplomatic courtesies to the alleged Chinese galamsey (illegal mining) queen, Aisha Huang, in return for personal pleasures. The former Member … Read more
How Ghanaian leaders are easily induced by sex to do the unthinkable! Most African leaders indiscriminately sleep around with their female subordinates. A few years ago, I published an article about how an Indian Corner Shop or Convenience Store owner in Peckham, a suburb of London, jokingly but derogatorily attempted to punch a Ghanaian customer … Read more