{"id":309026,"date":"2017-04-08T13:19:07","date_gmt":"2017-04-08T13:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=309026"},"modified":"2017-04-08T13:19:07","modified_gmt":"2017-04-08T13:19:07","slug":"chinese-mission-caution-ghana-over-arrest-of-illegal-miners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/chinese-mission-caution-ghana-over-arrest-of-illegal-miners\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Mission caution Ghana over arrest of illegal miners"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Chinese Mission in Ghana has served a strong caution to the Government of Ghana that \u201cit will be extremely harmful to the bilateral relations\u201d between the two countries if there are reports of a casualty during the arrest of Chinese involved in illegal mining in Ghana.<\/p>\n
The Mission said government must minimize the mass arrest of illegal miners and deal with culprits on individual basis.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe think it is very important that any operation against illegal mining should be carried out in line with Ghanaian laws and international recognized norms, the mass arrest and media hype should be minimized, the cases should be dealt with on individual base and the legitimate rights of the miners should be respected,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n
The Mission argued that some of the Chinese illegal miners were also victims of fraud and blackmail hence their cases must be holistically looked at by government before taking action.<\/p>\n