From the night of the 27th December to the early morning of the 28th December, the China-Panama Park and the 150th Anniversary of the Arrival of Chinese in Panama – were forcibly demolished at the Bridge of the Americas Observation Deck in Arraiján, Panama. On December 28th, Panama President Mulino and a number of government officials from the Ministry of Public Works, the Ministry of Canal Affairs and other Departments – all issued statements saying that the move was a “rogue-act” ordered by the Mayor of the Arraiján Municipal Government. The Government of Panama condemned this illegal act – and spoke highly of the profound historical significance of the Monument – and ordered the Monument fully restored on the same site.