General News of Wednesday, 24 August 2016Source: Myjoyonline.comTension mounts in Amansie Central over Chinese galamsey activitiesFile photoTension is mounting in some communities in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti Region over the destruction of cocoa and other farms by a Chinese woman engaged in alleged illegal mining. Good drinking water is scarce as all the natural drinking water has turned muddy. The Chinese woman, Asia Huang aka Asia is described as untouchable because residents say she operates with impunity. "We want to drive her away with the demonstration, she has taken over our cocoa farms," one resident said. "She is destroying the land and running over our source of drinking water with her huge equipment," he said.

Source: GhanaWeb August 24, 2016 19:07 UTC