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9 illegal miners jailed

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  • joe 8 years ago

    i think the Chinese are still there, why not haunt and jail them?

  • ASEMPAYE 8 years ago

    Nonsense! I understand and support preserving the nature for the generations to come. These are sons of Ghana trying to make a living. Teach them how to do it right than putting them in prison.
    How about the foreigners like ...
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  • efo 8 years ago

    this is absolute nonsense. why jailing ghanaians? what about those 1000s of foreigners Chinese etc arrested in galamsey? we didn't hear anything from them since their arrest,,,how can you be so cruel towards ghanaians? releas ...
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  • yamo 8 years ago

    Ok, great, good job, but have you forgotten the Chinese illegal miners? I guess for the Chinese the government will continue giving them a free plane ticket home so they can come back in 2 months and start over.

  • Siburuku Tifalo 8 years ago

    ITs only in GHANA this can happen.

  • STEPHEN OSEI,NORWAY 8 years ago

    HOW CAN GHANA JAILED CHINESE PEOPLE, WHO MAKING YOUR ROADS AND GIVING BIG LOANS TO GHANA FOR THOSE CURROPS LEADERS ,EVEN CHINESE REFEUSE TO GIVE GHANA ANOTHER LOAN. THIS BOY WILL SOON BE ARM RUBBERS,NO JOB

  • sojourner in usa 8 years ago

    Galamsey should just be abolished all over as illegal. It causes harm than good. It create pollutants for the soil, rivers, forest and many more features of the land, just for gold or diamond you cannot eat directly. Let us t ...
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  • Ampabeng 8 years ago

    According to laws of the land, galamsey is illegal. Why should the offender not be punished? A typical example is in the western region. This guy "David Yaw Nkuha" (aka Yaw Nkrumah) is operating galamsey for his friend who li ...
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