Toshao, residents escorted to Acquero Police Station after violent Chinese Landing clash

(Kaieteur News) – Chinese Landing Toshao Nikita Miller, who has the powers of a rural constable, has been charged with threatening language and damage to property. Toshao Miller, three residents, and approximately six others were escorted to the Acquero Police Station in Santa Rosa Friday evening and subsequently charged, an escalation following a bloody Thursday night confrontation over mining operations in Region One.

The police escort comes in the wake of conflicting accounts between Indigenous leaders, rights advocates, and mining operators regarding what transpired on Thursday, November 12, at Chinese Landing, Tassawini, and nearby Kariako Village. Both sides have traded accusations involving live gunfire, a cutlass attack that nearly severed a worker’s arm, gunpoint equipment seizures, and the hijacking of village transportation.

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On Thursday evening, Kaieteur News reported that five armed illegal miners allegedly launched a violent attack on residents of Chinese Landing and Tassawini, directly targeting Toshao Miller and members of her team. According to the community’s account, the attackers fired live ammunition, assaulted villagers, and seized village transportation after community leaders blocked the unauthorised entry of heavy machinery into their territory.