Galamsey kingpin, Aisha Huang who is standing trial on the charges of mining without license, facilitating the participation of persons in illegal mining and re-entering Ghana after deportation will know her fate on December 4, 2023.
This was revealed by an Accra High Court on Thursday, October 12, 2023.
In court on Thursday, October 12, 2023, the defense counsel and the prosecution informed the court that they had filed their written addresses before the court.
Aisha has denied the charges but state prosecutors opposed her claims hence remanding her in prison custody.
The prosecution said Aisha had gained “notoriety” for engaging in a series of small-scale mining activities known as ‘galamsey’ across the country.
It said in the year 2017, Aisha was arrested for a similar offence, but she managed to sneak out of the country, averting prosecution and had allegedly commenced small-scale mining activities without license after she re-entered the country.
Aisha Huang was then deported from Ghana in 2018 after the Attorney-General decided to discontinue her trial in which she was accused of engaging in small-scale mining without a licence.
However, she was said to have sneaked back into Ghana to allegedly engage in the same activities for which she was deported.
The A-G, Godfred Yeboah Dame, then decided to prosecute her for the alleged crimes before her deportation and new ones committed since her re-entry into Ghana.
According to the prosecution, Aisha had an illegal mining concession at Bepotenten in the Amansie West District in the Ashanti Region and also operated a mining support services company.
She has since pleaded not guilty to undertaking a mining operation without a licence, facilitating the participation of persons engaged in mining operation, the illegal employment of foreigners and entering Ghana while prohibited from re-entry.
So far both parties have closed their cases and judgment is now expected to be delivered on December 4.
The Attorney General Godfred Yeboah Dame is therefore confident of a good judgment.
