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09/08/2009: "NPMHR reaffirms right to unity of Nagas Eastern Mirror"

NPMHR reaffirms right to unity of Nagas Eastern Mirror

DIMAPUR, SEPT 8 (EMN): As it completes 31 years of its existence on September 9, the Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR) has once again re-affirmed the right of the Nagas
to live together as a people through unification of all Naga areas.
Issuing a statement on the occasion, the Rights body said the Movement for Human Rights was formed on 9th September, 1978, based on the universal belief that ‘violation of human rights in any part of the world is a threat to the human race as a whole and protection and promotion of human rights anywhere is a concern of all’ and declared to take upon itself the task of initiating organised struggle to protect and promote the basic human rights of the Naga people.
This was at a time when Indian Military personnel were waging war on the Nagas, including school going children and aged women in the background of a more than 25 years of gross human rights violation on the Naga population, it said.
In such a situation, it said it was only through sheer determination and the support of the suffering masses and understanding of fellow Indian Democratic Rights and Civil Liberties movements that the NPMHR took up litigations in the Supreme Court of India and in High Courts to challenge and expose these atrocities that had been perpetrated by the GoI. “In the process the international community is no more as ignorant about the Nagas as India would have wanted,” it stated.
On reaching the milestone of 31 years, the NPMHR voiced pride that has been a ‘close follower’ of the 2nd Indo-Naga Peace Process ever since it started in 1997 and ‘responded on any given situation which demanded our presence or interventions’.
On the occasion of its 31st Foundation Day, the Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights re-iterated that humankind has made history through the struggle for freedom from exploitation and subjugation and that NPMHR as a human rights organisation stands committed for realisation of this effort no matter what it takes. Towards this, it also extended fullest support and solidarity with all struggling peoples and Nations whose rights and freedom are being suppressed by dominant communities and nation states.
It, moreover, implored upon the international communities and the various agencies of the United Nations to ‘re-invigorate their mechanism in monitoring the over-all human rights situation in the Naga areas which have once again become vulnerable in the backdrop of a ceasefire that has continued for more than 12 years without intention to seek solutions but only to undermine the basic human rights of peoples who seek to protect and preserve their own natural identity’.
The NPMHR also reaffirmed its submission to the United Nations through the occasion of the International Year of the World’s Indigenous People, the three basic elements that will determine the success or failures of any kind of political settlement: The right to live together as a people through unification of all Naga areas, the right to be free from the clutches of occupational forces and the right to have the United Nation’s recognition of the Naga country as a sovereign nation.
FGN’s stand on reconciliation (NPN):
Dimapur, Making its stand clear over its commitment on the issue of Naga reconciliation, the ‘Federal Government of Nagaland’ (FGN) through Zaleo, killo kilonser said it has been extending cooperation with the Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR) since February 2008 by actively participating in all talks held at Chiangmai (Thailand) and Nagaland including football matches organized by the FNR in Kohima and Dimapur.
Asserting that its active participation in all reconciliation meets clearly indicated “the unspoken exponent of the FGN” on reconciliation, peace and unity which all Nagas yearn for , Zaleo added “Nagas are and will be a people to the end.”
The FGN release however made it clear that it will “not be a party to any other front or platform” and for which did not attend any other consultative meeting. This was would remain the stand of the FGN, Zaleo’s release said.
Stating that the common yearning of the Nagas for peace and unity cannot be ignored, Zaleo expressed confidence that it will turn into reality when “people reconcile on the basis of our historical and political rights.”

All-party meet on Naga issue (NPN): Correspondent
Kohima, Legislators of the 11th Nagaland Legislative Assembly were closeted in a seven-hour marathon meeting held in the Assembly Secretariat Conference Hall Tuesday for an open discussion on the Naga Political issue though there was no resolution at the end.
According to sources, 58 of the 60 legislators took part in the deliberations including Rajya Sabha MP Khekiho Zhimomi while two legislators- T.Torechu and Tarie Zeliang could not attend the meeting due to ailment and family matters.
Legislators cutting across party lines, took their turn in sharing their concern and views with regard to bringing about unity among all sections of society which would act as a catalyst towards resolving the vexed Naga political problem.
Several legislators told Nagaland Post that the meeting was held in a cordial atmosphere and in a free and frank exchange of views.
It was reported that state Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, Speaker Kiyanilie Peseyie and CLP leader Chingwang Konyak have been entrusted to work out a convenient date for the next meeting of legislators. “The meeting mainly focused on the need for Naga unity and early resolution of the Naga political problem and it was a heart-to- heart talk”, said one senior legislators who attended the meeting. He however parried questions on the focal point of the discussions.
It may be recalled that the DAN political affairs committee has started the ball rolling towards formation of the Naga Common Platform, a resolution adopted after the March Naga Consultative Meet held in Kohima. However, the opposition Congress stayed away from the DAN sponsored meet. After the DAN committee had named the president and secretary of the Platform, the NSCN (K) and Sumi Hoho had expressed inability to be part of it. Later the NSCN (I-M) and FGN also opted out of the Platform.

Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights
Press Statement
Thirty one years down the line, on the 9th of September 1978, the Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR) was formed based on the universal belief that; “violation of human rights in any part of the world is a threat to the human race as a whole and protection and promotion of human rights anywhere is a concern of all”, and declared to take upon itself the task of initiating organized struggle to protect and promote the basic human rights of the Naga people.
It was at a time when Indian Military personnel were waging war on the Naga including school going children and aged women in the background of a more than 25 years of gross human rights violation on the Naga population where repressive methods such as:- Execution in public; Mass rape, Deforming sex organs; Mutilation of limbs and body; Electric shocks; Puncturing eyes; Hanging people up-side down; Putting people in smoke-filled rooms; Burning down of villages, granaries and crops; Concentration camps; Forced starvation and labor etc…. were going on indiscriminately, unknown and unreported even to the people in India let alone the rest of the world. To further prove the intention of the Government of India, the then Prime Minister of India, Mr. Morarji Desai came to Kohima and declared; “I will exterminate all the Nagas and I will not have any compunction”. The realities of India’s position on the Naga’s historical and political rights have not changed even today.
In such a situation, armed with nothing, but with sheer determination to survive as a people, NPMHR, with the support of the suffering masses and warm understanding of fellow Indian Democratic Rights and Civil Liberties movements, took up litigations in the Supreme Court of India and in High Courts, to challenge and expose these atrocities that have been perpetrated on fellow human beings by the Government of India. We won some but many more kept stalled by the judiciary of the “world’s largest democracy”. In the process the international community is no more as ignorant about the Nagas as India would have wanted. On several occasions, our leaders and elders have spoken about our situation in many international meetings and forums, including the United Nations meetings held at its various HQs of Vienna, Geneva, New York, etc. in the past decades. India was also called up and questioned by the United Nations Human Rights Committee.
Today, NPMHR is proud to say that it has also been a “close follower” of the 2nd Indo-Naga Peace Process ever since it started in 1997. In this endeavor, we also responded on any given situation which demanded our presence or interventions. We also took extra steps to patch-up differences between our National leaders who were estranged in their working relationships due to reasons beyond their control. Today we are also proud partners with the many Naga civil society organizations, churches and well-meaning individuals, who have managed to narrow down the wide chasm between our Naga national groups. The end result may still be awaited… but the countdown to “our own Nation-building” may have begun.
On this occasion of the 31st Foundation day of the Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR), we would like to re-iterate that, human kind have made history through the struggle for freedom from exploitation and subjugation, and that NPMHR as a human rights organization stands committed for realization of this effort no matter what it takes. Towards this, we also extend our fullest support and solidarity with all struggling peoples and Nations whose rights and freedom are being suppressed by dominant communities and nation states. In this same light, we also implore upon the international communities and the various agencies of the United Nations to re-invigorate their mechanism in monitoring the over-all human rights situation in the Naga areas which have once again become vulnerable in the backdrop of a ceasefire that has continued for more than 12 years without intention to seek solutions but only to undermine the basic human rights of peoples who seek to protect and preserve their own natural identity.
NPMHR once again re-affirms its submission to the United Nations through the occasion of the International Year of the World’s Indigenous People, the three basic element that will determine the success or failures of any kind of political settlement, which are :-
 The right to live together as a people through unification of all Naga areas,
 The right to be free from the clutches of occupational forces, and
 The right to have the United Nation’s recognition of the Naga country as a sovereign nation.
Sd/- Dr. Neivetso Venuh
Secretary General, NPMHR,
Dated Kohima Secretariat, 8th September 2009.
There must be another way to a confident future Kuolachalie Seyie Morung
The problem of these times is perhaps most aptly summed up in the words of former Yugoslavian Vice President, Milovan Djalas: “We are living today in tomorrow’s world with yesterday’s ideas.” Our attitudes bear on our now and tomorrow. We are too quick at creating problems by not guarding our identity and culture and not respecting genuine leadership but prompt to follow the negative and misguided leaders, becoming stumbling blocks to positive change be it in infrastructural development, moral, economic or Christian values and even capacity building in our land. This is one of the reasons for the nightmarish proportions of our multiple problems and our problems are never solved. A return to the primal truths is needed, and to correct our perspective we must seek first the kingdom of God. The spiritual area which, sadly, we often neglect is the storehouse that will take care of our myriad problems of body and mind, our social, economic, political and infrastructural needs. Often we keep just out of the reach of relief by our stubborn refusal to reconcile with God and others.
Today’s’ society seems to be under famine of truth, trust, harmony and justice. We hide behind a façade of arrogance and shortcuts of drawing money doing practically nothing behaving as if we can not survive without a Government job. As such too many people chasing very few Government posts followed by fighting and rampant corruption. Thus the limited Government posts have become degraded to the level of cheap resort to the flocking masses. This surely is no way to a confident future for our youth to live in dignity, peace and harmony To diagnose and acknowledge a problem is the first step towards its solution. To quote G. K. Chesterton, “It is not that they do not see the solution, it is that they do not see the problem.” Landrum Bolling further says, “There are no hopeless situations but only hopeless men.” Hopeless people are our problems.
The most important factor to nurture a people is to nurture its ‘human element’ which has to be drawn in the right direction at all costs. The Chinese word for ‘crisis’ is represented by two characters – danger and opportunity. A cultured people will turn any crisis into opportunity but an opportunity unwisely handled can turn into a crisis and nightmare. A nation’s vision and thinking must first be monitored in order to salvage its cities and towns and to begin to consider another way to build a secure future where harmony, trust, justice, honesty, love and care for one another prevail.
‘Man is a reed (grass) but he is a thinking reed’ – Blaise Pascal. But selfishness, irresponsibility and greed obstruct the function and attitude of the reed. Mrs. Doe Peter Howard: “If you want anything for yourself everything goes wrong in whatever you do.” And no man can live crooked and think straight.
The vengeful divisions of clanism, tribalism and narrow mindedness have paralyzed our whole society. “At a time when we urgently need to start to develop our economy, ruthless opportunists exploit our slogans and our dividedness to enrich themselves, behaving like leeches making it impossible for our business community and entrepreneurs to create wealth”, said Niketu Iralu at his Somorendra Memorial Lecture, Imphal. I believe God doesn’t have plans to solve all our problems Himself. He gave us wisdom and power to discern between right and wrong and His plan is in us. We are the answer to fratricide and corruption, to fanatical party politics and hatred, pride and hedonism. We need to obey Him all times heeding to the pricks of our conscience. Further, it is fitting to repeat Albert Einstein here that “we cannot solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” We have to live today embracing a broadness of thinking anticipating tomorrow’s world and not yesterday’s narrow ideas in order to have a more comprehensive and confident warm culture.
To quote Niketu Iralu again, “The problems we are wrestling with are the problems of a people who have just started their journey. This perspective is needed. We need to learn from history that problems and challenges become the common strength and wealth of a people or nation if they are clearly identified, acknowledged and tackled adequately. This challenging responsibility is always understood and accepted only by a few individuals at first. In many cases this battling to solve society’s problem by individuals can go on for years, even generations without visible results, often actively opposed by those in power and influence. But if individuals who see the roots of the problems do not give up and fight on “wanting nothing for themselves”, the soul and conscience of the public are impacted and opinion changes. Finally the tectonic shift of the society for constructive change takes place… For if we will learn to shed tears for one another we will shed less blood of one another.”
One may have great ideas for the nation and plan on paper a well-developed country with a sustainable economy and a new world order but new society has to be built with a new people; we are to be a new people. A morally corrupt man will always betray his nation.
In order that the new nation does not remain just a romantic vision, we must reorganize into a people who can trust and commit to each other. This confidence can be built in a people of strict integrity, honesty and commitment who are not swept off by immediate selfish indulgence.
“Nagaland for Christ” our favorite (Naga) declaration claims that all Nagas stand on and abide by the teachings and principles of Christ as our Lord and Saviour. It is a covenant between God and us to which we are bound without choice. How beautiful! But the question is, are we true to ourselves or are our hearts decayed and hypocritical? Let us restore and retain transparency and make “Nagaland for Christ” genuine and a blessing. If not it becomes for us a curse.
Let us practise kindness and sympathy on one another, forgive each other in Christ just as God forgave that others may see in us a clear-visioned people rooted in the true God.
My good denizens, to do nothing is not an option. As a society we cannot find healing and a just and stable future if we neglect the pain and abuse and suffering of the other. We the leaders must not allow ourselves to become numb to the injustice in our midst as rightly pointed by Shiv Khera that the society is never destroyed by the rascals but the inactivity of good people. We must not remain doing nothing. Let us rise up for justice without which there can be no real peace and harmony. Our common humanity is degraded and traumatized when any of us are treated as less than human.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn of Russia: “The lie may come into the world and even dominate it, but not through me.” Let us make the right beginning with this declaration of Alexander so that trust and harmony germinates and seeps through the crevices of our society bringing forth “another way to build a confident future.” The building of a nation begins in the family. God’s eyes are on the ways of men; he sees their every step. To build a confident future, we have to be careful in small things. God blesses you for every little good thing you do. So also the Devil is in details to pull you down beginning with little things where you are weak and unaware.
We are living in a society experiencing an increasing number of broken families. Exclamations such as ‘my son is into drugs’; ‘my daughter is in bad company’; ‘pray for my alcoholic husband’, etc. are common cry. An errant member of the family drives the whole family to madness.
A paradigm shift from shortcut and get-rich-quick mentality to a practical approach of self-reliance, hard work, humility, dedication and commitment is the urgent call. Take full advantage of the faith that God sees your every step and cares for your every step. All things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. The message of the cross is foolishness for those who are perishing but to us who are being saved it is the power of God that gives us a confident future. Change is possible though never easy, and positive effort is always rewarded with worthy fruit.
Naga bamboo products in Belgium, Vietnam Chizokho Vero Morung

AMBIKE: Fashioned out of bamboo, this adorable ‘‘motorbike” is parked for visitors to ogle at, during an exhibition on handicraft.

Kohima | September 7 : In a major boost for Naga entrepreneurs, bamboo products from Nagaland have finally touched the soil of Belgium and Vietnam. Source told The Morung Express that through the effort of the Nagaland Bamboo Development Agency (NBDA), different types of bamboo products from Uniqraft and Concept Toys in Kohima have reached Belgium and Vietnam.
Products from the unit, consisting of toy trucks, ants, bikes, ships and plane crafts entirely made of bamboo are being put up for exhibition and sale at the ongoing National Handloom Expo 2009 here at the 16th Assam Rifles ground. It exacted high admiration from visitors since September 5. An innovative design of a toy bike is sold at Rs. 900 and a ship at Rs.15000. The unit had earlier exhibited its products at the much-hyped Hornbill festival of Nagaland and North East Expo in New Delhi.
Uniqraft and Concept Toys were established with the main intention of encouraging and developing the creative potential of the people of North East India. It intends to strengthen the bond between the various communities of North East India through the medium of craft, to promote the use of sustainable materials and to introduce innovative designs and ideas for improving the economy of the people. It is learned that Uniqraft will also study and promote traditional craft skills of the North East India populace.
According to Nagaland Bamboo Development Agency, Naga people have survived through the centuries with the diverse and varied uses of bamboo and its products. “From the cutting of the umbilical cord to the mats that have wrapped the dead for burial, bamboo has been integral to the life of the Nagas. It continues to play a predominant role in the life of the people even today in every walk of life that ranges from agricultural tools and implements to shelter, food, and livelihood,” NBDA said.
Bamboo, the fastest growing and highest yielding renewable natural resource, and found extensively all over the state, constitutes one of the most important resources of Nagaland which has to be put to use in the present day context for the benefit, growth and development of the people. Stating that the denudation of forest cover, degradation of environment and fast-deteriorating ecology threatens the very existence of man and animal, the agency observed that the development of the natural bamboo resources of Nagaland will greatly add to the environment and the ecological balance of the land, consequently having great impact on the quality of life of the people.
“A planned, scientific and holistic approach to the cultivation and management of bamboos on a sustained basis can be an inexhaustible source of goods and services and can play a significant role in the development of the state,” it said.
Also stating that with increasing demand of timber and wood which is becoming a scarce commodity in the world, NBDA viewed that bamboos can serve as an alternative to many of the forest products. Its wide range of uses and its great versatility qualifies it to be a multiple use alternative to timber which will add greatly to the rural agricultural economy in general and act as poverty alleviator for the rural poor in particular.
As envisaged in the mission statement of the State Bamboo Policy for implementation of bamboo development, the Agency has been involved in various diverse fields of bamboo related product development.
Two bamboo test plots established one in Pfutsero and another in Kohima, a bamboo Septum/Park being set up at NBRC complex, six central nurseries in public sector and 10 (ten) central nurseries in private sector established each with 50,000 seedlings capacity, two vegetative propagation units being set up at Dimapur and Zunheboto respectively, 20 Kisan and Mahila nurseries each with a capacity of 5000 seedlings established, 500 hectares new bamboo plantation undertaken during 2006, 3892 hectares new bamboo plantations taken up during 2007, 7500 hectares new bamboo plantation to be taken up during 2008, target to take up 50,000 hectares by the end of the 12th five year plan, management of existing stock taken up in 3242 hectares during 2007, Management of existing stock to be taken up in 2500 hectares during 2008, conducted training of bamboo farmers on scientific plantation methods, management and harvesting techniques covering all the villages taking up bamboo plantations.
Also Nagaland Bamboo Resource Centre (NBRC) was inaugurated at Dimapur in 2007. The Centre has been conceptualize and established as a centre of excellence for facilitating technology and information for resource and enterprise developments, creating awareness on the potentials of bamboo, building the capacity of bamboo farmers and entrepreneurs, house pilot demonstrative bamboo processing units for entrepreneurs to train on.
4.50 lakh bamboo seedlings were distributed to bamboo farmers from the central public nursery located at NBRC during 2007. During the same period 1.58 lakh bamboo seedlings were also supplied to Manipur, Andhra Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh.
Referring to marketing, bamboo mats produced by Anaki bamboo cluster consisting of five villages under Mokokchung district is being supplied Arunachal Ply Industries Ltd. The cluster is currently supplying 6000 mat per month selling at a price of Rs 50/- per mat thereby generating monthly revenue of Rs 3.00 lakhs for the villages.
A marketing tie up has been established with a Bangalore firm to supply bamboo square and round sticks produced from the State. Demand for the sticks from the firm is to the tune of 40 tons per month. For Bamboo Venetian blinds sticks, channel established with one weaving unit at Guwahati and another in Nagaland being set up.
Also current bamboo charcoal installed capacity production is about 6.5 tons per day from 45 kilns. So far, 11.70 tons of bamboo charcoal has been produced from the local traditional pit method of production. Bamboo charcoal from the state is presently being supplied to SM Smelters of Arunachal Pradesh in addition to sales in the local market, source said.
On bamboo charcoal briquettes, a 4-ton per day capacity unit is in operation at NBRC being run by an entrepreneur on training. The products are selling well in the local market.
During 2006, 44 tons of bamboo shoots was arranged from Jalukie bamboo cluster through the VBRCs and supplied to Nagaland Foods Pvt Ltd. During 2007, 37 tons of bamboo shoot was arranged through two SHGs and one VBDC from Dimapur and Jalukie and supplied to Nagaland Foods Pvt Ltd, Ganeshnagar and NFVP, voila colony, Dimapur.
Sources also said the construction of 2 kilometers of ‘bamboo road’ in Kohima district and 5 kilometers of ‘bamboo road’ in Peren district was done to facilitate bamboo extraction and marketing.

Briefs Eastern Mirror
Inavi women on Intangki
DIMAPUR, SEPT 8 (EMN): The Women Association of ‘Inavi/Naga United Village’ today stated that the eviction drive being carried out by both the NSCN-IM and the State Government is pure injustice
and said it ‘will no longer bear the situation put upon the citizen of Nagaland’. A release issued by Elizabeth, President WAI/NUV, said while the State cabinet had decided to ‘preserve the whole Intanki irrespective of tribe/community’, the NSCN-IM has directed the villagers to vacate the area. The release also alleged that on September 5 at around 4 pm, the youth of Beisumpuikam village had attempted to ‘slaughter’ the Inavi/Naga United villagers with a dao while they were on the way to the village. The release cautioned that if the State Government continues to remain silent, then the Women Association ‘will no longer stop its men and children to fight for its right for the settlement of the Naga people in Nagaland’. Stating that every citizen has every right to settle in its land, the women president said if they are barred from their rights ‘then the landless people have no place to enjoy its right’ and cited the directive issued by NSCN-IM on Sept 5 which reportedly says ‘the Guwahati High Court and GPRN has no relation in this regard’. The release said the situation is tantamount to ‘forcing the public to begin civil war between the Naga tribal settlers and the Beisumpuikam villagers or the 14 Naga Tribe and the Zeliang people in general’.

FGN reiterates
DIMAPUR, SEPT 8 (EMN): The Common Naga Platform continued to make news as the Federal Government of Nagaland (FGN) today reiterated that the organisation ‘will not be a party to any other front or platform’ other than the Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR). In a release issued by Zaleo, ‘Kilo Kilonser FGN’ to ‘clarify the stand and position of Federal Government of Nagaland over the issue of Naga Reconciliation’, the organisation said it has been cooperating with the FNR and actively participating in all the talks at Chiangmai and Nagaland and also the Reconciliation Football matches at Kohima and Dimapur last year. ‘This is a clear indication and the unspoken exponent of the stand of FGN on Reconciliation, Peace and Unity of the Nagas everyone yearns for. Nagas are and will be a people to end’, it said. The release sought to ‘let everyone know’ that the FGN will not be party to any other front or platform. It further stated that the FGN did not attend any other Consultative meeting so far and ‘the stand of the govt shall remain so’.

Three extortionists held
Our Correspondent | EMN
KOHIMA, SEPT 8: Three persons, identified as Lanuwapang (25), s/o Repakumzuk of Chantongya Village, Moba Phom, s/o Yangong Phom of Yangpong village and Dimbeshwar Choh (28), a taxi driver, were arrested by Kohima police for extorting money from two Manipur truck drivers who were heading towards Dimapur. The arrested have been forwarded to 48-hr remand at the North Police Station, Kohima, for further questioning. They were apprehended near Assamese Church, Para Medical Colony Kohima, on Monday after 9 pm. According to the Police, two of the accused had hired the taxi (NL01T6101) and gone down to Dimapur to visit Lanuwapang’s sick brother on Monday. On their way back, they extorted a sum of Rs.4000/- and Rs.3000/- respectively from the truck drivers at Lalmati. The taxi driver was also arrested along with them.


‘China training, arming militants against India’ Nagaland Post

New Delhi, September 7: China denies incursions by its troops into Indian territory across the Line of Actual Control. But NDTV has exclusive information that China is actively training and arming insurgent groups in Manipur and Nagaland.
On video, an alleged Manipur militant is interrogated. Intelligence officials say he confirms that China is training Manipuri militants.
Sources say at least 400 cadre of a Manipuri insurgent group, the People's Liberation Army (PLA), have been undergoing arms training in China's Yunnan province for the last year. Ronie, alias Robindro, a self-styled major of the Manipur PLA, brags "16 platoon went to China recently, some of them have come back."
The insurgents travel to Yunnan via Myanmar. Arms for these militants also come via this route. And China's role doesn't stop at training militants.
Isak Chishi Swu, chairman of the NSCN, a Naga insurgent group, which is still upholding a ceasefire with India, has been hosted in Beijing and Kunming this May. His main officer-in-charge of acquiring weapons has also been twice to China.
According to intelligence operatives, a Chinese company supplies machine guns and hi-tech communication equipment to both Naga and Manipuri militants. Anti-aircraft guns have also been acquired from China by these groups, which are currently in Myanmar.
The arrested Manipuri militant has told interrogators that the PLA and other Manipuri groups are being armed and trained by Chinese experts in Myanmar. This is apparently in preparation for a major showdown with Indian security forces next year. (Courtesy:NDTV)