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Chinese galamsey 'queen' remanded into prison custody

The Criminal High court presided has remanded into prison custody the Chinese woman Aisha Huang for allegedly involved in galamsey
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Aisha Huang, the Chinese woman behind the booming illegal mining (galamsey) in the Ashanti, Western and Eastern regions has been remanded by an Accra High Court.

She was remanded by the court alongside five other Chinese male nationals and are expected to reappear on the 23rd of May.

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According to the judge, Justice Edward Ekow Baiden, he granted the plea by the Immigration asking for them to be remanded for further investigations because he did not believe the suspects will make themselves available if granted bail.

Her arrest follows a revelation by editor of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper, Kweku Baako that she has been arrested and released three times.

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She was, however, arrested over the weekend at her residence in Kumasi.

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