An Accra High Court Wednesday adjourned to July 21, 2017,the case involving the alleged Chinese galamsey kingpin Aisha Huang and four others.
Both defence and prosecution lawyers are said to have raised concerns with the Chinese interpreter, Yun Chin York.
According to the Director of Public Prosecution, Mrs. Yvonne Obuobisa, the State do not understand the Chinese dialect and if allowed to give interpretations, only he and the accused persons will understand.
Her point was corroborated by the defense Counsel led by Bernard Owiredu Donkor.
The Presiding Judge, Justice Edward Ekow Baiden, therefore ordered for his replacement on the adjourned date.
Background
The Obuasi Municipal Office of the Ghana Immigration Service arrested the four Chinese nationals on suspicion of engaging in illegal Mining at Bepotenteng in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti Region in May this year.
They were picked up in a make-shift wooden structure in the area noted for illegal mining by Chinese nationals.
They were working for a Chinese woman, Aisha Huang, alias Yaa Asantewa who owns mining concessions in the area.
They were identified as Gao Jin Chec, 45; Lu Qi Jun, 39; Haibin Gao, 26 and Zhang Zhi Peng, 23 and they have since been sent to Kumasi for further investigations.
