Dimapur, June 4 (MExN): The President of the Kuki Tribal Union of the NSCN (IM), LH Paohao, has deeply mourned the demise of Khailun Haokip, Steering Committee Member on June 1. A condolence message from the President alleged that late Haokip was kidnapped at Natjang Village, under Kamjong Block in Ukhrul on May 28 by the KNF (N - James faction) and subsequently murdered on June 1. The President in his message recalled that Haokip had been in the KNA but had decided to join the NSCN/KTU “to strengthen the Indo-Naga political talks”. “He was one of the leaders who fully endorsed and supported the Framework Agreement signed on 3rd August 2015. In spite of his ill health he has been faithfully working for the cause of the nation and contributed his last mite,” the message read. “Today we the Kuki Tribal Union and the Naga nation have lost a strong leader who had given his everything for the cause of the Naga nation,” the message stated and added that his “supreme sacrifice” to the Kuki and Naga nation shall always be remembered and cherished. The President, KTU along with all rank and file of the NSCN extended condolences to the bereaved family and prayed for the departed soul to rest in peace.
