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07/20/2006: "NISC press release on harrassment of NSCN/Muivah by Thai Immigration despite valid Visa and is threatened to be deported"
A Naga International Support Center, Nisc, www.nagalim.nl
A human rights organization
Press Release
Amsterdam, 20 July 2006
According to reliable sources Mr. Th. Muivah, chief negotiator of the Naga people, on his way to Bangkok, Thailand for the upcoming Indo-Naga political talks on 17th July 2006 by Thai International Airways was stopped by the Thai Immigration at the Thailand Airport and interrogated for almost 7 hours for no rhyme and reason. He was called bad names and the officers reportedly have called him a terrorist. The Thai Immigration Authorities have confiscated his passport. The Immigration Officers treated him like a criminal and told him that according to Thai Law he cannot enter the Kingdom of Thailand for 100 Years.
The Naga International Support Center believes that, it is not the policy of a Thai Government to ban Mr. Muivah from entering the Kingdom of Thailand, for he has a valid Visas issued by the Royal Thai Embassy, The Netherlands, after due clearance by Royal Foreign Ministry and National Security of Thailand.
The Naga International Support Center calls on the Thai Government to immediately return Mr. Muivah’s passport, to honor it’s own visa so that Mr. Muivah can participate in the peace talks to be held in Bangkok on July 28, July 29. As Mr. Muivah is on a mission of peace, is duly endorsed by the Naga People, he is not to be branded a terrorist by the Thai Immigration.
Since Mr. Muivah is due to negotiate with the Government of India to seek peace and to arrive at an honorable solution, please expedite the procedures of clearing him of all he has supposedly been accused of.
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