Taka, June 10 (MExN): The NSCN (K) commemorated the first death anniversary of their former Chairman and President, SS Khaplang, on June 9 at their Council Headquarters in Taka. Khaplang passed away on June 9, 2017.
A press release from the MIP of the NSCN (K) informed today that a host of leaders from various revolutionary organisations of the West South East Asia (WESEA) region and the United National Liberation Front of WESEA (UNLFW) attended the commemoration and paid tribute to the late leader.
“The late leader was instrumental in forging unity among multi-ethnic struggling nationalities of the region and the successful establishment of UNLFW under his Chairmanship was one such realisation of his broader vision and fraternal concerns for every suppressed and colonised people in West South East Asia,” stated the release.
Late SS Khaplang will “always be regarded as the patron and father of the Wesean nationalist movement and generations shall continue to draw inspiration from his exemplary leadership spanning more than five decades of sheer sacrifice and struggle until his last breath.”
The NSCN (K) MIP informed that church leaders, civil societies, public leaders and “hundreds of admirers thronged his memorial grave and paid rich tributes in various forms.” Leaders and representatives from ULFA (I), NDFB, UNLF, KYKL, KCP, PREPAK (pro), PREPAK, NLFT, KPDC, KLO, RPF also attended the commemoration, it stated.
The NSCN (K) took the opportunity to reaffirm its commitment to stand by the ideals of late SS Khaplang and “continue to ply the path laid by him.”
