Source: newsthemegh.com
The Criminal Division of the High Court in Accra has set June 6, 2023, as the start date for the trial in which three people who are reportedly Aisha Huang’s accomplices have been charged with engaging in criminal operations in the nation have been arraigned.
After the prosecution filed all the paperwork and the parties had finished their pre-trial procedures, the court, presided over by Justice Lydia Osei Marfo, set the date.
Li We Guo, Shi Mei Zhi, both Chinese, and Nana Kwame Opoku, alias Obolo, a Ghanaian, are the three defendants accused of conspiring to engage in mining without a permit.
While partners Li Wei Guo (1st Accused) and Shi Mei Zhi (2nd Accused) are accused of engaging in mining operations without a permit and making false statements to obtain resident permits.
The first accused, Li Wei Guo, is also accused of making false statements when applying for a work permit. For enabling non-Ghanaians to take part in an illegal mining activity, Nana Kwame Opoku alias Obolo is accused separately. The Ghanaian, the two Chinese nationals, and each have entered not guilty pleas.
The third accused, a Ghanaian, is out on bail for GHc500,000 with two sureties while the two Chinese are being held on remand at the Nsawam Prison.
The Court has ordered the administrators at Nsawam Prison to provide them access to the medical data of the second accused after receiving a request from defense attorney Lucy Ekeleba Blay, who is holding brief for Freddie Blay.