Aisha Huang sentenced to 4 years 6 months in prison

Chinese national Aisha Huang has been sentenced to four years in prison after being found guilty of engaging in illegal small-scale mining (Galamsey).

She was also fined GHC48,000, TV3’s Joseph Ackah-Blay who was in court reported on Monday, December 4.

The Court presided over by Justice Lydia Osei-Marfo, ruled that Aisah Huang did not have a license to undertake any mining activities in Ghana.

Aisha Huang was first arrested and deported from Ghana in 2018.

This was after the A-G decided to file nolle prosequi to discontinue her trial in which she was accused of engaging in small-scale mining without licence. She however returned into the country to allegedly engage in galamsey again.

In October, 2022, the A-G then decided to prosecute her for the alleged crimes before her deportation and new ones committed since her re-entry into the country.

She had pleaded not guilty to undertaking a mining operation without a licence, facilitating the participation of persons engaged in a mining operation, the illegal employment of foreigners, and entering Ghana while prohibited from re-entry.