Aisha Huang, a Chinese national known as the “galamsey queen,” was found guilty by the Accra High Court.
After changing her plea from not guilty to guilty on the charge of illegally entering the country while being barred from entry, she was found guilty.
Aisha was found guilty by the Criminal Division of the Accra High Court, which is presided over by Justice Lydia Osei Marfo, following the execution of a plea bargain with the prosecution.
Aisha Huang changed her plea in the final charge after several months of trial, but she maintained her not guilty plea for the counts involving illegal mining.
On September 5, 2022, Aisha Huang was apprehended once more for the same transgressions.
Aisha was charged with engaging in the sale and purchase of minerals without a permit as well as mining without a permit, along with three other Chinese nationals.
They are accused of engaging in the sale and purchase of minerals as well as illegal mining. On September 14, 2022, they’re anticipated to show up again in court.
To the charges, they all entered not guilty pleas.
Aisha Huang was brought before the Accra Circuit Court together with three others, namely; Johng Li Hua, Huang Jei, Huaid Hai Hun.
In a related news, former Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation Minister Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng has been sued by Mr. Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko for accusing him of wrongdoing in his 37-page galamsey report.
In the aforementioned report, Prof. Frimpong-Boateng made the allegation that Mr. Otchere-Darko’s intervention resulted in the release of some Chinese who had been detained for illegal mining.
The Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), which was about to prevent Imperial Heritage Mining Company from mining in the forest because it lacked the documents allowing it to do so, allegedly called Prof. Frimpong-Boateng, a relative of President Akufo-Addo, to obstruct its work.
A permanent injunction prohibiting the renowned heart surgeon from using the same or other defamatory words against Mr. Otchere-Darko is what Mr. Otchere-Darko is seeking in addition to a retraction and apology from him.
He is also asking the court for damages in the amount of $10 million.
