President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has backed calls for the prosecution of galamsey queen Aisha Huang.
President Akufo-Addo was speaking at a conference held by the Ghana Bar Association in Ho, Volta Region, Monday, 12 September 2022.
The President expressed his support for the prosecution of the galamsey queen saying “…I show you of my full support of the Attorney General in his determination to prosecute Aisha Huang and her collaborators who apparently insist on flouting our laws on galamsey and illegal mining.”
President Akufo-Addo noted that if found guilty, the galamsey queen must be made to face the full rigours of the law.
“I expect if they are found guilty, that the court will apply the full rigour of the new amended Act 995 which has increased substantially the punishment for breaches of the law,” he stated.
Meanwhile, the Attorney-General (AG) Godfred Yeboah Dame has called for the new docket on Aisha Huang with regards to offences she is suspected to have committed recently.
This was disclosed in a tweet by the office of the AG on Tuesday, 6 September 2022.
“The Attorney-General has called for the new docket on En Huang a.k.a. Aisha, regarding offences she is suspected to have recently committed,” the tweet said.
“The A-G will also re-initiate prosecution in respect of the old offences for which she was standing trial before her deportation in 2018,” it added.
The A-G further promised to prosecute the Chinese fully, for alleged old offences.
“There shall be a full prosecution for her alleged new and past offences.”
Aisha Huang, who was arrested and deported for engaging in illegal mining in 2018 returned to the country to engage in the same crime that led to her deportation.
She was re-arrested recently and facing two charges of mining without licence and engaging in the sale and purchase of minerals without a valid licence.