{"id":1203097,"date":"2022-09-12T21:41:46","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T21:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/12\/aisha-huang-was-not-escorted-okudzeto-ablakwa-says-of-how-galamsey-queen-was-deported\/"},"modified":"2022-09-12T21:41:46","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T21:41:46","slug":"aisha-huang-was-not-escorted-okudzeto-ablakwa-says-of-how-galamsey-queen-was-deported","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/12\/aisha-huang-was-not-escorted-okudzeto-ablakwa-says-of-how-galamsey-queen-was-deported\/","title":{"rendered":"Aisha Huang was not escorted &#8211; Okudzeto Ablakwa says of how &#8216;Galamsey Queen&#8217; was deported"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>The Ranking Member on Foreign Affairs Committee in Parliament has alleged that \u2018galamsey\u2019 kingpin, Aisha Huang had no escort when she was deported in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa said Aisha Huang\u2019s deportation was only a \u201cshambolic attempt of a deportation\u201d and a \u201ccharade\u201d by the government.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on <strong>Top Story,<\/strong> Monday, he noted that due to the awkward manner of Aisha Huang\u2019s deportation, the \u2018galamsey\u2019 kingpin could have absconded during her transit to China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis whole charade of deportation has gone down as the most shambolic attempted deportation ever in World affairs. Do you know that this deportation took place without an escort? There was no escort\u2026She could have really absconded when they transited in Addis Ababa,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"905\" height=\"439\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Okudzeto-Ablakwa-Samuel.jpg\" alt=\"Aisha Huang was not escorted - Okudzeto Ablakwa says of how 'Galamsey Queen' was deported\" class=\"wp-image-10032047812 lazy\"  data- title=\"Aisha Huang was not escorted - Okudzeto Ablakwa says of how 'Galamsey Queen' was deported\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>The North Tongu MP stressed that \u201cthere is no guarantee that Aisha Huang did the full leg of the trip\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the Chinese government was only informed two days after the deportation had taken place with no information about the terms of the deportation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs it a permanent deportation? Was it just for six months? Nobody knows not even the Chinese authorities,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-myjoyonline-com wp-block-embed-myjoyonline-com\"\/>\n<p>Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has, therefore, called for an independent investigation into Aisha Huang\u2019s return to the country.<\/p>\n<p>The MP said this is the only way the suspect and her accomplices could be duly punished.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGhana needs an immediate full-scale independent inquiry to unravel this mystery and to identify Aisha Huang\u2019s collaborators in high places for swift sanctions,\u201d he made the demand on Facebook on Monday, September 12.<\/p>\n<p>Aisha Huang was arrested in 2017 for engaging in illegal mining. The 47-year-old Chinese national was later deported in 2019 by the government, a move which triggered questions about Ghana\u2019s commitment to eradicating the menace.<\/p>\n<p>She, was, however, re-arrested a few weeks ago in Kumasi by the National Security for secretly sneaking back into the country to continue her \u2018galamsey\u2019 business which sparked public outcry calling for her prosecution.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Aisha and her accomplices since their arrest have been flown to Accra and arraigned same day before an Accra Circuit Court.<\/p>\n<p>They have however been remanded into Police custody by the court and are expected to reappear in court on September 14, 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ranking Member on Foreign Affairs Committee in Parliament has alleged that \u2018galamsey\u2019 kingpin, Aisha Huang had no escort when she was deported in 2019. Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa said Aisha Huang\u2019s deportation was only a \u201cshambolic attempt of a deportation\u201d and a \u201ccharade\u201d by the government. Speaking on Top Story, Monday, he noted that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1203099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1203097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1203097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1203097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1203097\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1203097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1203097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1203097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}