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General News of Thursday, 28 October 2021

    

Source: GNA

A-G's Office to give directive on missing fish observer on Chinese vessel soon

Godfred Yeboah Dame, Attorney General and Minister of Justice Godfred Yeboah Dame, Attorney General and Minister of Justice

The Attorney-General's Office in the next three weeks will give its final advice on the way forward regarding the missing of Mr Emmanuel Essien, a fish observer, who mysteriously went missing on a Chinese fishing vessel on July 5, 2019.

Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, who gave an update on the matter at a media briefing, in Accra, on Wednesday, said the Police had completed its investigations into the case and submitted a duplicate case docket to the Attorney-General's Office.

The update on the case follows a petition to the Inspector-General of Police filed by the Information Minister earlier this year, enquiring about the status report on the matter.

The Minister said the Attorney-General's Office further directed the Police Administration to interrogate three other persons namely; Isaac Cudjoe, Jehonu Ahiable, and Anthony Asiedu, and presented the outcome of the interrogation to the A-G's Office.

Mr Essien went missing on a Chinese fishing vessel, Meng Xin, on July 5, 2019 when he was on fishing observer duty and has since not been found.