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10/12/2004: "A Naga International Support Center, Nisc on S.C. Jamir"
A Naga International Support Center, Nisc
Press release
Amsterdam, april 27 2003
The board of the Naga international Support Center, Nisc, read the article of the Assam Tribune, below, with growing astonishment. Nisc can hardly believe that this kind of irresponsible reporting is commonplace in India but errant behaviour of the Assam Tribune. For, is it not journalistically ethical to check sources before publishing?
Nisc categorically states that Nisc is a human rights organization. That it has connections with all Naga organizations, especially with the Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights, Naga Hoho, Naga Mothers and the Naga Student Federation. Nisc is not an organisation backed NSCN (I-M) and Nisc does not speak for any NSCN.
Because the implication of this statement is impertinent and insulting Nisc asked the Assam Tribune to retract. Though it must have known it to be untrue, baseless and unethical the Assam Tribune did not care reply.
Nisc in requesting rectification from the paper also pointed out that the Assam Tribune quoted half-heartedly from the Nisc press release. In that statement Nisc encouraged the new government of Nagaland state to seriously investigate the break-in of the office NPMHR, also a human rights organization. Considering that important documents were taken, this break-in could have been politically motivated.. Though this in itself deserves a lot of attention, knowing that dire consequences may result from a politically motivated burglary, the new government was encouraged to investigate earnestly the rampant corruption in Nagaland State. The Assam Tribune however has chosen to only report on that part of the statement. We question why the Assam Tribune has omitted important information and why it opens its report with NSCN IM while quoting from a Nisc statement. Is the management of the Assam Tribune aware of the consequences of unverified statements?
Nisc realizes that this kind of unchecked and this irresponsible reporting will hurt all human rights organizations as well as the press. Consequently Nisc calls on all journalists to condemn irresponsible reporting. Please carefully check the validity of your sources.
Naga International Support Center: for more information nisc@nagalim.nl visit our website www.nagalim.nl
Probe cases against Jamir, urges NSCN (I-M)
From Our Staff Correspondent
NEW DELHI, April 18— In a bid to corner former Nagaland Chief Minister S C Jamir and colleagues, the NSCN (I-M) has urged the Nagaland Government and Union Government to investigate all charges of corruption and ill-gotten wealth pending against him.
In a statement by the Naga International Support Center (NISC), a NSCN (I-M) backed organisation, has called on both the Government of India and the Government of Nagaland to start eradicating corruption and misuse of Government funds. ‘Those funds from the Government of India and other donors are made available for the good of all of Nagaland. They are meant for the people. They are not just meant for those that have access to these funds, the happy few, it said.
If the new Nagaland Government is sincere and democratic it should investigate former politicians, including the former chief minister S C Jamir, for possible ill-gotten wealth, misuse and misdistribution of funds. That the former Chief Minister had it coming was clear from the outset as the ruling DAN Government made an electoral promise to probe all charges of corruption against Jamir. The Rio-Government in one of its early Cabinet meeting had adopted a resolution recommending the CBI to expedite the investigation of the cases against Jamir.
The CBI, which among others is probing a case of lottery scam involving the Chief Minister, was forced to shelve the case into the cold storage following a hostile environment. But now with the State government adopting a belligerent position the Bureau may have to act.
