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Sep 27, 2021 Letters
Dear Editor,
It is unfortunate that two persons senselessly lost their lives in the recent road accident on the Buck Hall road when the lumber laden truck they were travelling in skidded off the side of the road and toppled into a ravine.
Editor, the main reason I decided to focus attention on this particular accident is simple: when things go terribly wrong, everything and everyone involved leading up to that situation is at stake of being exposed; and the beneficiaries in such a scenario will do extraordinary things to cover up everything – this is exactly one such case; but I will not be fazed towards exposing the truth, despite threats and backlashes.
It is determined that during the time of the recent accident, which occurred under the cover of darkness, the lumber which the toppled truck was transporting, originated from within A. Mazaharally and Sons Ltd. (AMSL) Buck Hall Logging Concession.
The persons behind that operation were recently caught in stealing forest inventory from within AMSL’s Concession; and in a bid to get their way, they repeatedly invaded the Concession at odd hours of the night to harvest and transport out lumber.
This time, luck was clearly not on their side.
The mastermind of that illegal operation was even bold enough to send me a death threat, expecting that such threat would silence me, but it only emboldened me to expose the existing web of operation, which consists of members of the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC). As our Guyanese saying goes: “moon ah run ‘till day catch em.”
However, I must disappointingly point out that, despite all of my public awareness drive through several articles in the media about the impact illegal logging has been having on the forestry sector, and my company to a larger extent, while even establishing that many involved players, several of whom are high ranking GFC Officers and Government officials, our government simply turned a blind eye to the issue.
Unsurprisingly, some of these officials recently retaliated against my company in a clear abuse of their fiduciary powers.
They sought vengeance against my exposés and set out to decimate AMSL’s operations, while jeopardising the livelihood of hundreds by illegally blocking the transfer of the Buck Hall Land Lease from Barama Company Ltd. to AMSL, without any reason whatsoever.
I respectfully call upon His Excellency President Dr. Irfaan Ally to thoroughly investigate the trail of corruption rooted at the GFC, which extends all the way to the Ministry of Natural Resources; and to hold those responsible accountable for their marginalising treatment of AMSL, one of the large Operators with substantial investment in the forestry sector. Certainly, had the GFC acted against illegal activities in the Buck Hall area, lives would have been saved.
Yours faithfully,
Capt. A. Mazahar Ally
Managing Director
A. Mazaharally & Sons Ltd.
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