Court issues bench warrant for arrest of 3 illegal Chinese miners

The Nkawie Circuit Court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of three Chinese nationals who were caught illegally prospecting for gold in the Asenanyo forest reserve near Nkawie.

A Ghanaian, the fourth accused person, Kwabena Boakye, who was in court was fined a total of Ghc73, 763.

The four were arrested by the officials of the Nkawie Forestry Commission, for illegally prospecting for gold in the forest reserve and were expected to appear before the Nkawie Circuit Court on Friday, January 8, 2016.

They were accused of illegally entering the forest reserve and used excavators to destroy over four acres (4acres) of land area in an attempt to extract gold.

However, when the case was called, only their Ghanaian counterpart was present to answer to the charges of unlawful entry, causing unlawful damage and prospecting without licence.
The three are Lu Ming Sheng; Wu Ming Juang and Pan Li Wu, all engineers.
Consequently, the court presided