Aisha Huang’s husband’s bio data not found – GIS

By Joyce
Danso, GNA
  

Accra July 11, GNA – A Ghana Immigration
Service official has narrated to the court how the service conducted
investigations to ascertain who Aisha Huang, popularly known as galamsey queen
entered into the country.

Divine Ahumah Ocansey, Deputy Superintendent
of Immigration (DSI) narrated that they was no bio-data at all the country’s
entry check points on Aisha’s  supposed
husband who left Ghana and lives in New York, USA.

Aisha Huang and her four accomplices: Gao Jin
Cheng, 45; Lu Qi Jun 39; Habin Gao 26; and Zang Pan 23, have been accused of
engaging in illegal mining in the Ashanti Region.

Aisha, aka Yaa Asantewaa, has additionally
been accused of providing mine support services without valid license from the
Minerals Commission.  

They have denied the charges.

Led in evidence by Ms Mercy Arthur, a Senior
State Attorney (SSA), DSI Ocansey said Aisha entered the country on May 28,
2010 with a visa issued by the Ghana Mission in China and she was given 30
days.

According to DSI Ocansey, on second visit, she
obtained a visa on basis that she was married to a Ghanaian known as Anthony
Faiben who allegedly obtained residence permit for her.

DSI Ocansey, who is the fifth prosecution
witness, said investigation revealed that Aisha whiles residing in Ghana
operated a Supermarket and rented out excavators for mining services.

Based on the services rendered by Aisha’s
company, the GIS wrote to the Minerals Commission to ascertain whether she had
the license to rent out excavators for mining services.

According to him the response from the
Mineral’s Commission indicated that Aisha had no license.

The fifth prosecution witness indicated that
further records on Aisha at the GIS indicated she had a definite permit.

The witness said when the GIS conducted
further investigations on Aisha’s husband known as Anthony Faiben, there was no
bio data or manual data on him at the Birth and Deaths Registry.

According to him there was also no data on the
said Faiben at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Research Unit as how he left
Ghana to New York.

When Aisha was quizzed over her husband, she
said that she met him in China in 2007 but declined to comment on her marriage
saying “the matter was in court.”

Although Aisha gave the telephone number of
her husband in the New York to officials of GIS, no one responded to that
number.

DSI Ocansey tendered in evidence the various
correspondence to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Births and Deaths
Registry.

Earlier on Assistant Superintendent of
Immigration (ASI) David Essien also gave evidence and was cross examined on how
GIS office in the Ashanti Region invited Aisha to their premises and a
statement was obtained from her.

Aisha Huang, popularly known as galamsey queen
and four others accused of engaging in illegal mining at Bepotenten in the
Ashanti Region is on bail with four others who have all pleaded not guilty and
are on GH¢500,000.00 bail each, with a surety each to be justified before the
court presided over by Mr Charles Ekow Baiden.

The matter has been adjourned to July 12.

GNA

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