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the people. I speak for my brother because he gasps for air everyday. I sit here, listen to all you guys but, you know, you guys, everybody get different ideas how this place should be. I take you guys front Kamoa Point and you go sit down, and I go take the gentleman who owns the property, I’m going to take him over there with me after this; I’m going to make him look what he has in front of his eyes, ial, a very, very special place. And you guys should take the time to sit down and look. This place is the piko, the piko of everything that happens in Hawai‘i. Whether you decide what is right or what is wrong, it’s the piko. And the wahine is where you get our genealogy from. many years, and now we’re going to desecrate this whole place because we want a building – no can. They can’t do it. They can put that building up, but the spirit’s still going to come. But you guys, I think it’s important that I’m here to speak for my brother. I was asked to do it, and I represent my ‘ohana. Whether you decide, again – I’m still, like,going one circle – but if you read my heart, that the kupunas above are going to do the right choice. I can go on, but no sense – something like kuli ‘ia. P. OLSON: No further questions. HOUSEL: Okay. Mr. Yeh, would you like to cross-examine? YEH: No, it’s, you know, it’s not so much cross-examination. Jerome, have you been involved in Burial Council? KANUHA: Have I been -? YEH: Yes. KANUHA: No, I haven’t. But my son is one of the Burial Council person right now. YEH: Right. And as you understand, if iwi were to be found on this property, your understanding is that the Burial Council then has jurisdiction to deal with the issue of the iwi. KANUHA: Sure I do. P. OLSON: I’m going to object. It’s an irrelevant question, and it’s not relevant to his standing here. KANUHA:But I also know that if you -. HOUSEL: Hold on before you reply. Could you explain, Mr. Yeh, why you feel that’s relevant? YEH: Well, it’s somewhat relevant, because when iwi are discovered, the jurisdiction in dealing with, you know, and I think that’s where lineal descendants are also entitled to come and ask for certain protection for iwi from the Burial Council. So there is this other jurisdiction that has the ability to deal with that issue. And I was just trying to cover the issue,because it does have some bearing on the issue, whether or not the discovered iwi, and how it’s treated, whether it’s here, and the Burial Council has something to do with this impaired and impeded interest issue that’s in the Commission’s rules. That’s where I was going. 26 EXHIBIT D