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- Chinese expatriates, especially miners continue to suffer undue attacks in the hands of some Ghanaians including Military, Police, Immigration and Customs officials who do invade mining sites especially in the Ashanti Region and rob these Chinese of their gold, money and mining equipment.
The development has opened doors to some unscrupulous Ghanaian who have develop the habits of disguising in Military uniforms to carry out the heinous crime by attacking Chinese miners on site and robbing them of their gold and other properties.
The Moment has gathered that every week there occur incidents of attacks on mining sites, with Hansol Mining being the most targeted mining operator. It has been established that at least in every three days, Hansol Mining Company faces such attacks if not from the Military and the police, then it will be from Armed Robbers who are mainly Ghanaians.
Six Chinese expatriates working on Hansol Mining concession at Jakobu in the Ashanti Region were on Monday, Attacked by six Armed Robbers disguised in Military uniforms rendering two of their victims severely wounded and are admitted at the Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.
The robbers according to sources, came to the site with hammers, knives, cutlasses and AK47 riffles, which they used in inflicting severe injury on two Chinese. One of the two victims currently seeking treatment had been shot in the thigh whilst the other received a knife injury when a knife was pushed through his belly.
According to the information, these armed robbers at the time of the attack, were masked when they invaded the mining site and conduct their operation.
This incident is one of the series of attacks on Chinese expatriates especially miners by Ghanaians, mostly robbers, police and military.
The Military and the police including other security services officers sometimes carry out these attacks in the name of stopping illegal mining activities, but ended up looting properties including gold, money and equipments from these people, sometimes killing the Chinese in the process.
The development has caused uneasiness among miners who are having legal documents and work permits granting them the opportunity to work in the country.
However two of the six armed robbers who carried out the devious acts have been arrested and assisting the police in their investigations. Meanwhile the other four according to police sources, have absconded but will be apprehended soon by the police.
