The concrete structure/pillar facing the Myanmar side constructed on May 1 by the United Naga Council (UNC), which was later allegedly removed and taken away by the Myanmar security force personnel.
Newmai News Network
Imphal | May 2
Security force personnel from Myanmar removed a newly installed structure that demarcated the boundary line in the Indo-Myanmar border late last night, according to United Naga Council (UNC). The security force personnel of Myanmar also took away the structure, the Naga body further alleged.
According to UNC, on getting information that the Myanmar authority has “encroached on the ancestral land of the Naga people” at Border Number 82, the UNC accompanied by Maring Uparup (Maring apex body) conducted an inspection.
The UNC said they constructed a small concrete structure yesterday as a replacement of a weathered stump which was understood as the structure to demarcate between Myanmar and India in the international border at N Satang Maring village and Chotong Maring village in the Border Number 82.
While constructing the concrete structure yesterday some people from the other side of the border (Myanmar) came near them. Later, late at night the security force personnel of Myanmar came to the spot and removed the concrete structure, UNC alleged.
Not happy over the incident, UNC President Gaidon Kamei said, “No one has the right over the ancestral land of the Naga people.” He also said that only the Naga people have the right over their land. “We will defend our ancestral land at any cost whether it is in the international borders or regional/state borders,” asserted Kamei.
Meanwhile, the UNC alleged that miscreants and security force personnel from Myanmar often come into the Naga villages and harass the villagers.
