Ghana bails 38 Chinese miners
By Xu Chi |
May 26, 2012, Saturday
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GHANA yesterday agreed to the bail of 38 Chinese citizens it detained earlier this week for alleged illegal mining after the Chinese Embassy stepped in.
Ghanaian authorities will later take legal action over the Chinese miners, the China News Service said, citing embassy officials.
The arrests on Tuesday morning came after a local gold mine owner reported to police that another mine owner had illegally employed Chinese miners at the village of Akutoase, about 400 kilometers from the capital of Accra.
The Chinese miners and their Ghanaian counterparts were caught by police when they were mining near a river, causing serious environmental problems, it was reported.
Meanwhile, Nigeria on Thursday released 80 of nearly 100 Chinese nationals it had arrested on suspicion of being in the country illegally, the Chinese consulate-general in the port city of Lagos said. Most of those held in a crackdown on Tuesday in Lagos and Kano were said to be textile traders working in city markets.
Those still in custody face being sent back to China as they have overstayed their permits, Xu Chunman, an official with the consulate, told Xinhua news agency. The issue has been resolved, Xu said.
The People's Daily reported that in a textile products market in the northern Nigerian city of Kano alone, the government arrested 45 Chinese dealers.
Ghanaian authorities will later take legal action over the Chinese miners, the China News Service said, citing embassy officials.
The arrests on Tuesday morning came after a local gold mine owner reported to police that another mine owner had illegally employed Chinese miners at the village of Akutoase, about 400 kilometers from the capital of Accra.
The Chinese miners and their Ghanaian counterparts were caught by police when they were mining near a river, causing serious environmental problems, it was reported.
Meanwhile, Nigeria on Thursday released 80 of nearly 100 Chinese nationals it had arrested on suspicion of being in the country illegally, the Chinese consulate-general in the port city of Lagos said. Most of those held in a crackdown on Tuesday in Lagos and Kano were said to be textile traders working in city markets.
Those still in custody face being sent back to China as they have overstayed their permits, Xu Chunman, an official with the consulate, told Xinhua news agency. The issue has been resolved, Xu said.
The People's Daily reported that in a textile products market in the northern Nigerian city of Kano alone, the government arrested 45 Chinese dealers.
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