Counsel for notorious galamsey queen, Aisha Huang, Captain Nkrabeah Effah Dartey (Rtd) has said his client is being maltreated by the state.
The lawyer says he doesn’t understand why a “small matter” of this calibre should be “overhyped” to assume such a perceived magnanimity.
His comment come on the back of 4 fresh charges filed against Aisha Huang by the Attorney General (AG).
The AG Friday, September 16, 2022 filed 4 fresh charges in addition to the two earlier cases levelled against the Chinese.
The four new charges against Aisha Huang are; Undertaking a mining operation without a license; Facilitating the participation of persons engaged in illegal mining against the Minerals and Mining Act; Illegal employment of foreign nationals contrary to the Immigration Act and Entering Ghana while prohibited from re-entry also against the Immigration Act.
But speaking on TV3’s News 360 Friday, Counsel Effah Dartey said “I get a feeling that my client is being maltreated. Because as I have been saying, this is a small matter so why continue to harrass this woman?”
The former NPP flagbearer hopeful added he is surprised that the state discontinued the charges against his client four years ago and has revisited them.
“But the main point that I want to stress is that, I don’t see why the matter has been overhyped so much that the state has seemingly abandoned the circuit court trial and has revisited the case that was going on in 2018 and the state itself entered nolle prosiqui and today they have revisited it. I’m surprised,” he expressed.
By Felix Anim-Appau|Onuaonline.com
