General News of Friday, 19 April 2019Source: bbc.com‘Ghanaians protect Chinese illegal miners’ – Chinese AmbassadorChinese Ambassador to Ghana, Shi Ting WangThe Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Shi Ting Wang has said Chinese nationals who engage in illegal mining in Ghana popularly called galamsey do so with support and help of Ghanaians. Ambassador Wang says Chinese nationals could not have identified gold concessions without the support of local people. Otherwise, the Chinese people, when they came to Ghana, cannot survive without the protection of local people. Today, the main company that is helping develop the infrastructure system in Ghana is Sinohydro, it is a Chinese Company. The other four accused persons were charged with disobedience of directives given by or under the Immigration Act, 2000 (Act 573).

Source: GhanaWeb April 19, 2019 13:41 UTC