A letter making the rounds on social media shows that the immediate past Ashanti Regional Security Council (REGSEC) ordered the release of some seized equipment to Chinese galamsey kingpin, Aisha Huang.
The letter is dated August 16, 2016. This means it was written and action was taken in the erstwhile Mahama Administration.
The letter was signed by the Regional Coordinating Director who doubles as the Secretary to REGSEC, Kofi Dwomor-Asubonteng.
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The letter was addressed to the Finaso Police Command.
It demanded that the police release one Toyota pick-up and four excavators seized by the Finaso Police.
Aisha Huang is said to be the Chinese woman behind the booming illegal mining (galamsey) in the Ashanti, Western and Eastern regions.
The editor of the Crusading Guide Newspaper, Kweku Baako revealed that she has been arrested and released three times.
She was, however, arrested over the weekend at her residence in Kumasi.
She was arraigned and subsequently remanded by an Accra High Court alongside five other Chinese male nationals and are expected to reappear on May 23, 2017.