Galamsey queen Aisha Huang returns to Bepotenteng mining site

• Posted on June 14, 2017
• by Nana Kwesi Coomson
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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 was relevant to the case of the Republic versus En Huang and four others.

Security officers of Volta Resources Limited, a minerals exploration company which has been litigating with Ms Huang since February 2015 on allegations that she was encroaching on the concession of the company were said to have spotted her on June 4, 2017 when she visited the area.

According to them, she went to the site in a black pick up with tinted windows and allegedly took some batteries away.

The Director of Volta Resources, Nana Kofi Sarfo Prempeh has subsequently sent a petition to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) regarding the non-seizure of excavators, machinery and equipment relevant to the case of the Republic versus En Huang and four others.

Meanwhile, the Media Coalition against Galamsey has urged the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr David Asante-Appeatu to investigate the claim that Aisha Huang, after being granted bail, went back to the concession.

Responding to the statement, the Convenor of the Media Coalition against Galamsey, Mr Kenneth Ashigbey, said it would be in the interest of the nation if the IGP took up the matter with urgency.

On May 5, this year, the Ghana Immigration Service in Obuasi raided the illegal site and arrested four Chinese nationals for their alleged involvement in illegal mining.

The four were – Gao Jin Cheng, Lu Qi Ju, Haibin Gao and Zhang Zhipeng

During the investigation, En Huang a.k.a Aisha Huang’s name was mentioned as the owner of the concession. She was later arrested.

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