Four years after being expelled from Ghana, Huang En aka Aisha Huang, a female galamsey (illegal mining Chinese descent, ha) kingpin of s re-entered the country.
The public outcry over her re-entry, which was made public after her arrest, has been sparked by the revelation that she obtained a non-citizen identity card from the National Identification Authority after entering the country again.
Following the reports, the NIA has attempted to shed more light on the events leading up to the card’s issuance.
In 2014, she received her first foreigner identity card:
The Foreigner Identification Management System (FIMS) registration center at Nhyiaeso, Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region is where the female Chinese national first obtained a foreign identity card on February 26, 2014 under the name Huang En, according to a statement from the NIA (passport attached).
She had her biometrics taken, and a Non-citizen Ghana Card was given to her.
Before being deported, Aisha Huang renewed her card in 2016 and 2018:
She subsequently renewed her passport twice, the NIA claims, using the same information and Chinese passport number G39575625 on August 31, 2016, and January 8, 2018, respectively. Her information stayed the same during each registration, according to the NIA.
Aisha Huang renewed her 2014 Ghana Card after attempting failure to register a new one – NIA
The NIA claims that in 2022, a Chinese national who applied as a first-time foreign national applicant had her details match those of an existing application in the NIA’s system. The incident was reportedly caught on camera at the Tamale registration center.
“The registration, however, entered a technical status known as ‘RejectedDueAFIS,’ which indicated that RUIXIA HUANG’s biometrics may have coincided with those of a person who already existed in the NIS database. As a result, the registration officer asked the technical support team to conduct additional research. This revealed that “RUIXIA HUANG” had previously registered as EN HUANG in the FIMS record under the NIS database based on the biometrics given.
In line with the NIA, The NIA requested “an officially certified affidavit and a gazette as required by law to support the change of name if the details in the passport with number EJ5891162 were to be used to update her old records” from Aisha Huang after she claimed she had changed her name when questioned about the situation.
According to the Authority, the applicant was given two choices: either a renewal card would be issued to her with no modifications to her information in the NIA system, or a new card would be issued to her with her updated information after verification of the supporting documents.
On August 25, 2022, a renewed non-citizen Ghana Card was granted to her with the name En Huang and the birthdate July 7, 1986, respectively. It is believed that she chose the second choice.
Aisha Huang’s new card:
According to the NIA’s account, Aisha Huang currently owns a renewed Non-Citizen Ghana Card that was issued to her in August 2022 but still contains her previous information.
“HUANG EN decided to renew with the outdated information and then amend the information later after going through the affidavit and gazette procedures. On August 25, 2022, she received her updated Non-Citizen Ghana Card, still carrying the previous information. The card that is currently under scrutiny and trending on social media is this one, the Authority added.
Background:
On Monday, September 5, 2022, the Accra Circuit Court 9, presided by Samuel Bright Acquah, remanded a Chinese national, Aisha Huang, into custody.
This was after Miss Huang, together with three other Chinese nationals, was brought before the court on charges including engaging in the sale and purchase of minerals without a license and mining without a license.
Ms. Huang, who was described as “untouchable” on some media platforms, was in 2017 charged with undertaking small-scale mining operations contrary to Section 99 (1) of the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703).
She was also charged with providing mine support services without valid registration with the Minerals Commission, contrary to Section 59 and 99 (2) of the Minerals and Mining Act; and also charged with illegal employment of foreign nationals (in breach of section 24 of the Immigration Act and regulation 18 of the Immigration Regulations).
She was later reported to have been deported from Ghana. Her deportation meant the state discontinued the trial against her.
Her arrest has led to calls for the heads of various state institutions and their leadership.
Vice President of IMANI-Africa, Kofi Bentil, in a Facebook post, called for the dismissal of the Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority, Professor Kenneth Attafuah.