Dimapur, Sept 8 (MExN): Four Kuki frontal organisations today directly asked the Chairman of NSCN (IM) faction, Isak Chishi Swu whether he had ordered the killings of the ten KLA cadres after ‘inviting’ them to a village called Tangkhul Hundung on September 3 last.
An open letter addressed to Isak Chishi Swu, NSCN (IM) chairman by four Kuki frontal organisations, while acknowledging and terming as courageous, the response of the NSCN (IM)’s chairman and owning up the September 3 incident, expressed their dissatisfaction over the reason given by the NSCN (IM) chairman.
“The Kuki people would like to know more about the motive behind the killing because the reasons you have mentioned in your response was not satisfactory and not justifiable,” the letter stated.
“The Kuki civil organisations wanted to know from you (Isak Swu) again who has ordered the killing of 10 KLA cadres? Have you ordered the killing? Or who has done it and why?”
The letter said that the ‘Fact Finding Team has been constituted and asked the NSCN (IM) leadership to speak the truth about the killing in order to bring peace and harmony’. The letter said that the Kuki frontal organisations have been doing everything possible on their part to know ‘why this cold blooded massacre carried out inside a village called Tangkhul Hundung Ukhrul district, Manipur’.
The Kuki organisations nevertheless, called for restraint so as to preserve peace. “First let us join hands to find out the fact,” the letter proposed.The open letter was posted by Presidents of Kuki Inpi Sadar Hills, Kuki Women Union, Vice Chairman of Kuki Movement for Human Rights and the General Secretary of KSO GHQ.