The State has filed new accusations against three of En Huang’s (also known as Aisha Huang’s) suspected miners who are now on trial for carrying out an illegal act within the nation.
Shi Yang, also known as Philip, Li We Guo, and Shi Mei Zhi are the accusers.
They allegedly had fake residency papers in their possession.
Partners Li We Guo and Shi Mei Zhi are accused of conducting mining operations without a license.
At Nwinso, close to Nkawkaw in the Eastern, they allegedly started a mining operation without a permit issued by the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources in 2017.
The offenses were rejected by them.
The court, presided over by Justice Lydia Osei-Marfo, refused to grant them release, stating that they had no social or financial ties to the area and were unlikely to return to stand trial if granted bail.
The Court determined that their detention in jail until trial was “in the interest of justice.”
The prosecution was additionally instructed to file disclosures and serve them on the defendants’ attorneys.
December 14 has been set aside for the matter.
A Vietnamese woman who was on trial alongside the other three defendants has now been released by the court on the grounds that her allegations pertain to immigration and should therefore be heard separately.
The Ministry of National Security, Kumasi, received information that the accused were dealing in gold on September 14, 2022, as part of investigations into the case of En Huang, according to Mrs. Yvonne Atakora Obuobisa, Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), who was narrating the facts of the case.
According to the prosecution, Shi Yang, also known as Philip, and the other accused people were detained by Kumasi National Security officers.
In the Ashanti Region’s Paraku Estates, close to Daaban, Kumasi, they also picked up a Vietnamese national.
Shi Yang, according to the prosecution, is the child of Shi Mei Zhi and his companion Li Wei.
It said that during a search of their Paraku Estate home, five payment receipts with a combined face value of GHS285,000 issued to Li We Guo were found.
According to the prosecution, the receipt demonstrated that the money was spent on the acquisition of farms, mining concessions, groundwork, and the transfer of concessions.
It claimed that Shi Mei Zhi and Li Wei Guo, who were involved in the transaction, could not mine at the time of their arrest and that the concessions were situated in Kofi Pare, close to Suhum.
The two partners allegedly mined in 2017 at Nwinso, close to Nkawkaw, according to the prosecution.
According to reports, Shi Yang serves as the director of ShimaBen Ghana Limited, a business that acquired En Huang’s Golden Asia Supermarket after her repatriation.
According to the report, during the inquiry, two metal safes with cash in various denominations, 19 tiny mercury containers kept at ShemaBen’s warehouse, excavator parts, and industrial oil were discovered.
Although the Ghana Immigration Service discovered that they had not issued the residency permits, it stated that all three of the people had them in their passports.
Source: newsthemegh.com