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Fighting breaks out in Tirap
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DIMAPUR, JULY 14 (MExN): In a major retaliatory action against the National Socialist Council of Nagalim Isak and Muivah the NSCN Khaplang Naga Army gunned down six cadres of the Isak and Muivah group including a captain of the outfit and more than 10 of them received bullet injuries of which at least 7 (seven) of them are undergoing treatment in Khonsa civil hospital in Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh and at least three to four of them have been taken to Assam for immediate medical attention. This was informed in a press note issued by MIP, Secretary.
“The NSCN (IM) has to face the major debacle in the hands of the Naga Army when at least 80 to 85 armed cadres of NSCN (IM) appeared from three different angles and attack New Kothing village, in Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh, were the Naga Army was camping. The Naga Army was attacked in the wee hours of 11th of July 2011 at around 3.30am and it continued till 6pm in the evening. During the encounter though, none of the Naga Army was killed but at least 4 (four) of them suffered minor injury”, the MIP note stated while narrating the incident.
Expressing “regret to inform the Naga people of this development”, it stated that “until the time Mr. Muivah realizes the fact that, he is unwelcome in Tirap and Changlang he will have to suffer similar defeat in the hands of the Naga Army and our mothers who have lost their beloved son’s and sisters their brother must also realize the fact that, it is Muivah and his wrong policy which is responsible for the present situation and must also try to find out the truth, if our son’s and brothers died for any good cause?” According to the MIP the “sooner Muivah realizes the facts and stop his mis-adventurism the better it will be for the Nagas” while praying that the “good God grant the departed souls peace and solace in His heavenly abode”.
Government of the People's Republic of Nagalim
Ministry of Information and Publicity
Press Release
15th July,2011
what happenned in Tirap in Arunachal Pradesh is unfortunate. But the report emanating from Khaplang group on the casualies suffered by NSCN is something never based on factual incident.But given the nature of Khaplang's style of functioning where deceitfulness are shamelessly practiced to cover their misdeeds from the watchful eyes of the Nagas such falsehood of press statement is not too surprising.No doubt there was heavy fighting but Naga Army of NSCN never face such dead as propagated by Khaplang group.We appreciated the valour of our boys who stood firm against the Khaplang boys whose master knows nothing more than the language of violence.
The nationalism as practiced by Khaplang is nothing better than anti-Naga nationalism. He think of of his lone survivor at the cost of the greater Naga national interest, He will stoop to any level no matter how much it goes against the interest of the Nagas.He makes the Meitei militants as his bed-fellows despite the fact the meiteis are tooth and nail opposed to Nagas' political movement. The Meiteis militants knows not the meaning of right to self-determination when it comes to Nagas but they professed to be fighting for right to self-determination.Such dubious dealing of falsehoof are the Meitei underground groups with their frontal civil organizations.But Khaplang finds extra pleasure in sharing his kitchen with the very groups who are ready to raise their fire arms against the Nagas historical and political rights.But history will judge Khaplang who values the Meiteis more than the Nagas.Deceitfulness and falsehoof can never be part of any leader to lead the Nagas.
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Ceasefire exist in Nagaland not Burma: GPRN/NSCN
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DIMAPUR, JULY 14 (MExN): The GPRN/NSCN has pointed out that the “problem confronting the Naga people in the aftermath of impeachment and expulsion of former chairman S.S Khaplang from NSCN on 7th June 2011 by the National Assembly” was the “emergence of antisocial elements threatening the Naga people, especially business establishments with violence and bloodshed”. A press note issued by the MIP stated that the “bomb explosion twice in a short span of time” was a wake up call for the Nagas to assess the real intention of these elements propagating the name of S.S Khaplang.
“GPRN/NSCN is clear that if they want to hang on to Khaplang, they should go to Burmese side and indulge in violence and extortion. To still regard Khaplang as GPRN president is comparable to few Egyptian lunatics who still call discarded Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak as the president of Egypt”, the MIP note stated. The GPRN/NSCN argued that till 2010, Hosni Mubarak signed many peace agreements, treaties and business ventures with other countries yet the former president is now a mere public while the agreements he signed are still in force implemented by new Egyptian leaders.
Similarly it stated that S.S Khaplang, in his time, endorsed Ceasefire with the GOI in 2001 and did signed the Covenant of Reconciliation in 2008 yet by the verdict of the National Assembly on 7th June 2011, as per the National Yehzabo, all GPRN presidential responsibilities and NSCN Chairman’s authority and powers now vests with Gen. Khole Konyak as the smooth transition of responsibility has completed.
Pointing out that if the Government of India (GOI) was really sincere in seeking a solution to the Indo-Naga political problem, it need not be bothered by “few miscreants stretching a thin rubber between eastern and western Nagaland”. “Ceasefire exists in Nagaland and GPRN/NSCN leadership is consulting the Naga people”, the MIP stated.
The GPRN/NSCN stated that it was “closely monitoring a group of anti-social elements who, under the shadow of S.S Khaplang, appears to have found a perfect way to make easy money through extortion threats and intimidation of business community and offices in Nagaland”. At this period, GPRN/NSCN appealed to general public and business community and offices in Nagaland not to cow down to the threats and diktats of extortionists such as A Kits, L Tuccu, A K Yeptho, G Sema etc., terming them as “men with criminals records in various police stations, bombarding the business community and offices with telephonic threats and dishing out telephone numbers in the local dailies where extortion money is to be submitted”.
The GPRN/NSCN stated that it “will not hesitate to arrest these men as each has a non-existent government in their pockets” and that if “Nagas really desires peace and unity, these anti social elements must jointly be controlled”. “GPRN/NSCN demands the law enforcing agencies to put an end to the activities of these prime offenders who are keeping the business community and offices in Nagaland at ransom”.
