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4 illegal miners jailed 26 years

 

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah

 

 

 

 

A circuit court in Koforidua, Eastern region has sentenced four illegal miners to 26years in prison for mining illegally in the Atewa forest reserve.
In what could be described as one of severest punishments handed to illegal miners, the convicts are also to pay a fine of twelve thousand penalty units equivalent to GHC 96,000.

Recounting the processes leading to these conviction, Kyebi Range Manager of the Forestry Commission, Jones Agyei Kumi said the ruling is “a victory for the sustainability of the environment.”
According to him, it has taken nine months for the court to decide on the case. It was in August 23, 2018 when a tip-off led to an arrest of the illegal miners who have finally been convicted.

He is hopeful that the remaining eight suspects on remand will also be prosecuted to deter others from illegally mining in forest reserves.
However the Wife of one of the convicts have pleaded with the government to temper justice with mercy.

“I plead with the Ghana government to release my husband for I have no one to help me. They are allowing the Chinese to go free and jailing Ghanaians. There are no jobs,“ she told Kofi Siew of Joy News.

Source:myjoyonline

 

 

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