Aisha Huang’s initial deportation was a blunder- Security Expert

Foreign Policy and Security Analyst, Adib Saani, has asserted that the manner in which the arrest and prosecution of ‘Galamsey’ kingpin, Huang Ruixia alias Aisha Huang, was carried back in 2017 was a mistake.

According to him, the controversies that surrounded Aisha’s case proved she was above the law, hence, her maneuvering return to the country is a no-brainer but an interdiction on the country’s security borders.

In an interview with Sefah-Danquah on e.tv Ghana’s “Fact Sheet” show, he shared, “It was very obvious from the onset that this was a woman deemed to be above the law. Indeed, this issue came up and we all spoke about it. It wasn’t just local news but international as well because we have the then senior minister in a trip abroad positing that the arrest is not going to bring any benefit to Ghanaians. So that consolidated people’s opinions about whether indeed this lady was above the law or would be prosecuted according to the law.”

Reiterating the popular adage, “When in Rome, do as the Romans Do”, Adib Saaani established that some Ghanaians have been prosecuted and sentenced in other parts of the world including China. Hence, in a similar vein, Aisha Huang should have faced the laws of Ghana.

“There are Ghanaians in Chinese jails and they say once you’re in Rome you do what the Romans do. I am wondering whether we have an extradition treaty with China but, like I said there are Ghanaian citizens living and serving time in Chinese jails. So, why couldn’t we have prosecuted her here and made her face the full wrath of the law here,” he noted.

The security expert furthered, “So from the onset you’d realize that although some tried to prove otherwise, it was quite obvious that there was no commitment to ensuring that she was held to account for her actions. So, in the first instance her so called deportation was a non-starter. It was a mistake which shouldn’t have happened in the first place but today here we are.”

Meanwhile, the government said Aisha Huang entered the country after her deportation with forged documents.

According to government spokesperson on National Security, Palgrave Boakye Danquah, after her entry, security agencies tracked her to ascertain if she was the same person. He added that the suspect would face the full rigours of the law.

By: Jude Tackie