General News of Friday, 19 April 2019Source: Myjoyonline.comBlame Ghanaians for assisting, protecting Chinese illegal miners - AmbassadorChinese Ambassador to Ghana, Shi Ting WangThe Chinese Ambassador to Ghana is accusing Ghanaians of assisting and providing Chinese nationals with protection to engage in illegal mining, locally called ‘galamsey’. The Ambassador was reacting to some Chinese national’s involvement in illegal mining after speaking at a lecture organised by the Confucius Institute at the University of Cape Coast (UCC). “We are always ready to work together to stop small scale illegal mining in the country,” he said. His comments come on the heels of the Senior Minister justifying the decision to truncate the prosecution of a Chinese national who brazenly engaged in illegal mining despite several warnings. Subsequently, the Attorney General’s office in December 2018 withdrew the case against her and four other Chinese nationals believed to be engaging in illegal mining.

Source: GhanaWeb April 18, 2019 20:26 UTC