Let’s be tough on galamsey cases – Aisha Huang judge tells fellow judges - www.asempanews.com

While ruling on a bail application filed by the lawyers of galamsey queen Aisha Huang on Tuesday, 27 September 2022, Justice Acquah bemoaned how galamsey is destroying water bodies, wild life and farmlands, indicating that it poses a threat to Ghana’s environment.

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Denying the accused persons bail, Justice Acquah complained about how galamsey is destroying the nation’s water bodies and cited recent fears expressed by the Ghana Water Company Limited that it could be forced to shut down its system due to the threat posed to water production by galamsey and its related activities.

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According to him, Aisha Huang was a flight risk since she could not tell how she re-entered Ghana after her deportation in 2018 and, thus, denied the bail application.

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This is the second time Aisha Huang has been denied bail since she was re-arrested a few weeks ago.

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She had been in police custody since 14 September 2022 after the first bail hearing.

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Opposing the bail application, the prosecutors said: The “fact is that these persons are charged, investigations show they entered this country illegally

“We invite you to avert your mind to the fact that inasmuch as they deserve justice, the laws of the land, which have been desecrated also deserve justice