Authorities in Ghana are trying to find a Chinese language nationwide who escaped from jail after feigning an sickness. In accordance with Citi Information, the fugitive, who was convicted of theft and different critical offenses, was being held on the Nsawam Most Safety Jail on the time of his escape.
The escapee was sentenced to a yr in jail for the aforementioned offenses after he was arrested within the metropolis of Tema. He was reportedly taken to the Korle-Bu Educating Hospital within the capital, Accra, for medical care after he allegedly pretended to be sick.
The West African nation’s jail service has since interdicted the officer who escorted him to the hospital. On Monday, an officer with the jail service knowledgeable the information outlet that they’d acquired ideas that might assist them apprehend the escapee.
In 2022, Face2Face Africa equally reported {that a} Chinese language nationwide serving a 15-year jail sentence in Namibia for smuggling rhinoceros horns had escaped from custody. The escapee, recognized as Wang Hui, was an inmate on the Windhoek Correctional Facility.
Hui was convicted after he was discovered responsible of illegally exporting managed wildlife merchandise, per VOA.
Authorities arrested the Chinese language nationwide and three of his compatriots on the Hosea Kutako Airport in 2014 after they discovered rhino horns and leopard pores and skin of their possession. The wildlife merchandise have been mentioned to be valued at thousands and thousands on the black market. The 4 males have been subsequently convicted in 2016.
