[ 2017-05-09 ]

Aisha and four other Chinese Nationals have been remanded

Chinese lady, 4 others remanded over Immigration Service probe
A High Court in Accra has remanded into prison
custody Aisha Huang, the Chinese woman believed to
be deeply engaged in illegal mining, and four
other Chinese nationals till May 23, 2017.

The court said it could not trust that Aisha and
the four other Chinese nationals would make
themselves available to immigration authorities if
released on bail.

The remand of the five Chinese nationals followed
an application by lawyers of the Immigration
Service, who told the court they were still
carrying out investigations, hence the need for
the five to be kept behind bars.

The five have not been charged with any crimes,
but the lawyers for the immigration service argued
that, releasing them could compromise their
investigations.

Lawyers for the five however argued that, the
immigration service did not need to keep their
clients behind bars, since they had all the
required logistics to carry out any investigation
without the five on remand.

The Chinese along with Ghanaians were reportedly
mining in the area which belongs to the Volta
Resources Company Limited.

The four Chinese Nationals were earlier invited
over the weekend for interrogation.

Confirming the arrest of the Chinese woman to Citi
News, the Comptroller General at the Ghana
Immigration Service, Kwame Takyi, said: “We
picked information about this lady called Aisha so
we immediately had to take effective action and
arrest her. We sought permission from the Minister
of Interior and his deputy, Mr. Ambrose Dery and
Henry Quartey and they gave instruction to quickly
arrest her.”

Source - citifmonline.com

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