Accusations of illegal mining activities made by Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng, a former minister of environment, science, technology, and innovation and a former chairman of the inter-ministerial committee on illegal mining, have been refuted by the office of the attorney general and the ministry of justice (IMCIM).
Professor Frimpong Boateng claimed that some public authorities and private residents were engaged in illicit mining activities, or "galamsey," in a 36-page report titled "Report on the work of IMCIM so far and the way forward."
Laud Commey, Charles Nii Teiko Tagoe, Frank Asiedu Bekoe, also known as Protozoa, Joseph Albert Quarm, Charles Owusu, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, Captain (Rtd.) Edmund Kojo Koda, Donald Entsuah, and an unidentified former member of parliament for Wassa East Constituency were among those named in the report as being involved in illegal mining activities.
However, the Attorney General said that police investigations had turned up no proof to back up the claims in a letter to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service.
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