Dimapur, January 31 (MExN): Convener of the Steering Committee Gen Rtd VS Atem today used the occasion of the 32nd NSCN Raising Day celebration to call for self introspection within the organization and cautioning against the lure of wealth and power. Atem during his address at Hebron Camp pointed out that a “corrupt nation cannot be strong” and rather it cannot survive long. He stated that the size of territory and the strength of population or the wealth of a country cannot save itself if it is ridden with corruption.
Former Retd Gen warns against lure of wealth & power
The senior NSCN/GPRN leader gave an example from history about how the soldiers who guarded the great wall and the frontiers of China were corrupt and therefore they were highly vulnerable to the lure of wealth and power. “Genghis khan with a few thousands of horse riders exploited the weaknesses of the Chinese to the hilt and Chinese themselves opened the Great Wall for the Mongolian invaders for a few bagful of bribe money”, Atem tried to explain. Using this comparison, he called upon every cadre of the NSCN whether great and small to come forward and put their heads together to root out corruption in the first place from the organization, followed by eradication of these menacing social diseases from the Naga society.
