One of the girls Zing Zang Xhu (not her real name) said in an interview that she was told this in her attempt to find out the whereabouts of the other three girls who were not at the scene during the raid because they were busily serving other clients.

When the threat was issued, all the girls started weeping uncontrollably and it took the staff of the Enslavement Prevention Alliance – West Africa (EPAWA), a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) providing them with post-rescue care at a secret location to console and subsequently convince them that they were truly safe and no one would harm them here in Ghana .

“It is sad to see these women so frightened again. The threat shook their sense of security. They were frightened to the bone,” said Sam Eschenbrenner of EPAWA.

The phone number that called has been handed over to Head of the Human Trafficking Unit of the Ghana Police Service, Patience Quaye. The girls have also been thanking the Ghana Police for rescuing them. However, they said they want to go to China within the shortest possible time.

Various stakeholders including Ministry of Women And Children, (MOWAC) the Human Trafficking Unit of the Ghana Police, EPAWA and International Organization Migration (IOM) are working together to ensure their repatriation and care once they return to China.

Signals picked by the New Crusading Guide, a private investigative newspaper, indicate that the new Minister of Women and Children, (MOWAC) Akua Sena Dansoa is taking the matter very seriously. She is said to have convened an immediate meeting with the stakeholders looking for a way forward for a better life for the Chinese girls.

THE CHINESE EMBASSY SAGA

Meanwhile, in an earlier interview with the Consular of the Economic Affairs Section at the Chinese Embassy in Ghana, Hu Yujei, he was shocked about the news. He exclaimed: “Trafficked? I don’t think so” when asked whether it is possible for Chinese girls to be trafficked to Ghana.

Reporter: So is it possible that some of the people in China will be trafficked into Ghana?

HU: Trafficked?

Reporter: Yeah like human trafficking.

HU: I don’t think so

Reporter: You don’t think so,

HU: I don’t think so; you see each of the people who set the production line here. Bring the technical people here I don’t think.

Reporter: So there are measures been taken so that no body would be forced to work. At were he doesn’t want to work, you think China is taking good measures to
Combat human trafficking?

HU: You see in China, China government would not allow, you do everything. According to China law, and here you must do according to the Ghanaian Law.

Reporter: So you have never heard anything like that?

HU: No I have not heard anything like that. If there is that then the China government would take action. They won’t allow for that to happen.