After indicating that they prefer to work alone to avoid a conflict of interest, officers from the GGMC as well as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) investigating mining operations in Chinese Landing were seen being transported by the same miners against whom reports of violations have been made, according to Toshao Orin Fernandes.
On Wednesday, three officers from the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) and two from the EPA ventured to Chinese Landing where they met with Fernandes. The team informed him that they are in the community responding to “a report in the newspaper.”
