Chinese National, Aisha Huang is in court over her involvement in some galamsey activities.
Her charges include two of mining without a license and engaging in the sale and purchase of minerals.
But prior to this, Aisha Huang had been in court in 2017, over some charges including undertaking a mining operation at Bepotenten in the Ashanti Region between 2015 and 2017 without license contrary to 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 second accusation was facilitating the participation of four Chinese; Gao Jin Cheng, 45; Lu Qi Jun, 39; Haibin Gao, 26; Zhang and Zhang Pen, 23, to mine at Bepotenten without a license. This was an offence because she employed foreign nationals contrary to Section 24 of the Immigration Act, 2000, Act 573.
Aisha Huang was accused of providing excavators to small-scale mining companies around February 2015 to May 2017, without a valid license from the Mineral’s Commission.
The first case was however dismissed by the prosecution after a nolle prosequi was filed by the state.
She was said to have been expatriated to her home country afterwards.
With the case back in court, government, headed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, have said they will do all in their power to ensure that the case is fairly heard and the accused persons duly prosecuted if found guilty.
Meanwhile, it has been noted that all lawyers who have sat in for Aisha at the various points of her case are members of the ruling government.
Source: Ghanaweb.com