-as villagers maintain opposition to mining operation
Following a standoff last month with a miner seeking to begin operations upriver of Kako village, the toshao of the remote Amerindian community will have to appear before the court for refusing to allow the miner to pass despite a court order.
Mario Hastings has been served with a notice of motion seeking his imprisonment “for wilful and brazen disobedience and contempt” of an order granted on August 20 directing that the equipment of miner, Belina Charlie, be allowed to pass. Hastings will have to appear in court on Monday.
“This is not fair. Our rights as a people are being violated,” Hastings said at a press conference at the Sidewalk Café yesterday. “We have seen a lot of impacts being