Police Probe Burning Of Currencies By A Chinese

The police are investigating a case in which a Chinese working in Ghana, Liu Jianpu, allegedly burnt a Ghanaian currency note, together with the Chinese yuan and the US dollar, for ritual purposes at Asokwa in Kumasi.

Jianpu, who works with the China Henan Guo Construction Company, which is drilling boreholes in the country, claimed that what he burnt were photocopies and not the original notes.

The police have consequently granted him bail while investigations continue. The Ashanti Regional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Frank Adu-Poku, told the Daily Graphic that at the moment the exhibits in the custody of the police were photocopies of a ¢20,000 note, a 100 Chinese yuan note and a $100 note.

He said on December 19, this year, three residents of Dadiesoaba, a suburb of Kumasi, reported to the police that they had seen some Chinese burning the currency notes at Asokwa.Policemen were, therefore, dispatched to the scene and they saw the ashes of burnt photocopies of a ¢20,000 note, a 100 yuan note, and $100.

When Jianpu, who was said to be the man at the centre of the act, was questioned, he explained that they had been performing some rituals to mark one week of the death of their colleague, Du Jia Quan, and to bid him farewell in line with Chinese custom and tradition.

ACP Adu-Poku stated that Jianpu further explained that what they had used were photocopies of the currency notes, as well as some favourite fruits of the deceased when he was alive.
Source:Graphic