On the back of government’s desire to prosecute Aisha Huang, the Chinese illegal miner described in court as having gained notoriety in the act, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament have opened a new chapter in the case, insisting that she was not deported.
The minority said: “From our extensive work, there is still no credible evidence that Aisha Huang was deported to China as the President and his Senior Minister originally claimed.”
The NDC has dropped yet another bombshell, accusing even the Chinese government of assisting Aisha to obtain two passports.
They opined that the Chinese government owes Ghana some urgent clarifications on the genuineness of both passports, and if they are genuine why was Aisha Huang issued with a second passport, when her earlier passport had not expired.
The call on the Chinese government feeds into speculations that Aisha Huang may be a spy deployed by the Chinese to cause destruction to the nation’s forests.
The NDC MPs’ revelation was contained in a post the North Tongu legislature made on his Facebook page yesterday.
They have advocated for “a full and independent Article 278 Commission of Enquiry which must be broadcast live to all Ghanaians.”
The MP disclosed that Aisha Huang was not deported as the government had earlier communicated, further debunking the claim that she sneaked in and out through unapproved routes.
With accompanying passport pictures, the post said that, “We now have it on authority that her multiple trips to Togo and back to Ghana since February 2019 were not on the blind side of Ghanaian authorities.”
According to the MP, one of Aisha Huang’s two passports for her travels bears the name Huang En, with passport number G39575625 and was issued on January 14, 2010.
The other passport, he added, has the name Huang Ruixia with the number EE9994609. It is a Chinese passport issued on January 14, 2019.
“Strangely, both passports have different dates of birth. In the En Huang passport (G39575625), she claims to have been born on July 7, 1986 while in the Ruixia Huang passport (EE9994609) she claims to be much older, having been born on November 7, 1975,” he observed.
The Minority NDC claims that Aisha Huang has footprints of her physical presence in Ghana from as far back as February 27, 2019 concluding, therefore, that “Aisha Huang has been living in Ghana and Togo for more than 3 years, before obtaining her Ghana Card on February 27, 2022.”
The Minority has described as most bizarre that Aisha Huang’s biometrics did not raise an alarm at the Aflao border immigration post, considering that her biometrics had previously been captured at numerous locations, including at the Kotoka International Airport and the NIA.
Further, they argue that her well-stored details as contained in Ghana’s PISCES (Personal Identification Secured Certified Evaluation System) should equally have raised alarm.
The Minority argued, while describing as intriguing, why Ghana’s government did not share intelligence on the notorious Aisha Huang with neighbouring governments.
This, they were sure, could have limited Aisha’s sinister movements in the sub-region.
BACKGROUND
However, a fresh case has been filed at the Accra High Court by the Attorney-General (A-G), Godfred Yeboah Dame, against En Huang, aka Aisha Huang.
The A-G filed four criminal accusations against the ‘galamsey queen, which if found culpable, could spend a maximum of 20 years imprisonment or could be fined up to 30,000 penalty units, an equivalent of GH¢360,000.
En Huang has, nonetheless, pleaded innocent to all four criminal charges, including entering Ghana while prohibited from re-entry and undertaking a mining operation without a licence, levelled against her.
She also pleaded not guilty to facilitating the participation of persons engaged in a mining operation, contrary to section 99 (2)(a) and (3) of the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006, Act 703, as amended by the Minerals and Mining (Amendment) Act, 2019, Act 995, as well as illegal employment of foreign nationals, contrary to section 24 of the Immigration Act, 2000, Act 573.
Her plea was taken by the Criminal Division ‘5’ of the Accra High Court on Friday, September 16, 2022.
The court, presided over by Justice Lydia Osei Marfo, in a virtual session remanded Aisha Huang into police custody and adjourned the case to October 12.
How can she acquired a Ghanaian passport ?
Some people who are Ghanaian by birth and origin still struggling for the passport while a foreigner acquire it ?