Namasiya Township mayor Husong Istanda, who had remained on the mountain, directing efforts to clear the roads, says that he had no inkling that Minzu Village was planning on moving before the decision was made. Of course, the impassable roads factored into this, but, he exclaims, they could have called him on the phone!
災後一直留在山上指揮搶通道路的那瑪夏鄉長伊斯坦大．呼頌更表示，民族村遷村的決定他事前完全不知情，交通中斷固然是一個原因，但可以用電話商量啊！