Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the MP for North Tongu has suggested to the government to immediately establish a full-scale independent probe into circumstances leading to the re-arrest of illegal mining “queen” Aisha Huang.
It comes after an Accra Circuit Court remanded Chinese national Huang Ruixia alias Aisha Huang and three others for allegedly engaging in illegal mining in Ghana.
Aisha Huang was deported in December 2018 following her first arrest.
In a Facebook post, the North Tongu MP said the entry of Aisha Huang is a dent on the security apparatus.
“Aisha Huang has in a spectacular fashion exposed all the grand claims by government officials and national security operatives that they are ready with well-equipped and modern sophisticated systems to combat terrorism,” the opposition lawmaker said.
“If one notorious Chinese galamsey queen can so dribble an entire security apparatus like hot knife through butter, then we are all in very big trouble,” Ablakwa claimed. “I also wonder what exactly is happening to the billions of Ghana Cedis Parliament has approved over the years for an enhanced security climate.”
Below is the full post:
Aisha Huang has in a spectacular fashion exposed all the grand claims by government officials and national security operatives that they are ready with well-equipped and modern sophisticated systems to combat terrorism.
If one notorious Chinese galamsey queen can so dribble an entire security apparatus like hot knife through butter, then we are all in very big trouble. I also wonder what exactly is happening to the billions of Ghana Cedis Parliament has approved over the years for an enhanced security climate.
Government or preferably Parliament must immediately establish a full-scale independent enquiry into the entire chain of events:
1) Was Aisha Huang truly deported?
2) If she was deported, what were the terms — what deal did our government make with their Chinese counterparts?
3) Why wasn’t her biometric features shared with the intelligence community in the subregion to prevent her from using neighbouring countries as a launch pad and an entry point?
4) Who are her collaborators in “high places” as she couldn’t have pulled this off alone?
5) Why is our government not protesting to the Chinese authorities for seemingly facilitating the atrocities of their national?
6) Who were the immigration officials on duty the day she allegedly re-entered Ghana?
7) Why should those in charge of national security keep their jobs after this?
