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11/12/2007: "NSCW member Ellen in tears"

NSCW member Ellen in tears

Member of the Nagaland State Commission for Women, Ellen Konyak said that she is “in tears” at meeting the Wanching village leaders beaten black and blue by NSCN (K) cadres on Wednesday night. Describing the inhuman treatment meted out on them, Ellen Konyak hit out at the faction saying that National Workers were not authorized to practice such wild attitude. She went on to add that for a fish, water is everything, similarly for the nation workers, the public is their water. “If the water dries up, no fish can survive” cautioned the NSWC member.

At the same time, Ellen Konyak also hit out at the people of Wanching village saying “after the cadres shut up your leaders in a house and beat them the whole night, you feed them to their satisfaction and escort them to another village without any question?” She asked the villagers to find out the reason for such brutality. She also appealed to the NGOs, women organizations, church, society, Human rights Groups, right thinking citizens and public in general to condemn such acts.

Meanwhile, the Wanching village women organization, Wanching Nyupuh Sheko Khong (WNSK), has strongly condemned the brutal harassment of the village elders by cadres of NSCN (K) led by Col. Peyong of Hanmoi village in Myanmar. Demanding reasons for the assault to its leaders, the Women group said that such action is contempt of the Konyak Customary Law, which teaches of utmost respect to elders, aged and leaders. The president of WNSK, Nyolong Konyak further charged that the assault was meted out with the intention to disturb peaceful atmosphere in the village and demanded immediate action against the culprits.