The seventh prosecution witness in the En Huang (Aisha Huang) case, Mathew Kwabla Abotsi, has urged the court to send a team to the areas where Aisha Huang used to mine to estimate the pace of devastation.
This comes after Aisha Huang’s attorneys attempted to refute his evidence.
Michael Abotsi, a Bepotenten assembly member, testified that he witnessed Aisha Huang participate in unlawful mining activities in his region, which he said resulted in the devastation of water sources.
He also testified that Aisha Huang’s actions included walkways leading to local farmers’ fields.
According to him, Aisha Huang made a new pathway for the residents when her attention was attracted to the problem, but she was unable to repair a dam-like pit that had formed on the footpath as a result of her actions
The Assembly member indicated in his witness testimony that Aisha Huang worked on a concession owned by one Nana Kofi Prempeh.
He stated that Edward Koranteng, the concession’s caretaker, used to collect money from Aisha Huang and other investors working on the concession on a regular basis.
During cross-examination, however, attorneys representing Aisha Huang questioned the witness to the point where he stated that the devastation described was caused by other people working on the concession, not his The witness, however, rejected this claim, underlining that Aisha Huang was responsible for the devastation.
As the accused’s attorneys pressed him further, claiming that the witness had never met Aisha Huang, who had promised to repair the broken route and the pit formed on it, the assembly member insisted on testifying, telling the court that he had no intention of deceiving the court.
He pleaded with the judge to send a delegation to his community to evaluate these accusations in light of Aisha Huang’s lawyers’ stance.
The prosecution is slated to call its eighth witness in the case on Tuesday.
