Chinese Landing yesterday took its case against mining on its lands to the National Toshaos Council (NTC) conference and blasted the government response to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) resolution calling for precautionary measures to protect villagers.
With a national stage in the capital city, Toshao Orin Fernandes waded into the government at a closed session after President Irfaan Ali had spoken at the opening.
Fernandes called for solidarity from the 200 indigenous leaders gathered and demanded that controversial miner Wayne Vieira depart from the village’s Tassawini lands.