DIMAPUR, AUGUST 2 (MExN): The NSCN (K) under Lt General (Retd) Nyemlang Konyak has made several criminal accusations against Yung Aung, who is the President of the other NSCN (K) outfit.
A press release from the MIP of the group led by Lt General (Retd) Nyemlang accused Yung Aung of devising a plan which resulted in the “poisoning” of the former Chairman of the NSCN (K), SS Khaplang who died in 2017.
“As he was a close aide of our leader SS Khaplang, this devious plan was hatched and carried out,” the press release alleged. It further claimed that “the secret murder was brought to light by his close associates.”
It further accused Yung Aung of trying to set up a “drug empire” since 2010, when “he along with one Naga and three outsiders came up with the proposal to bring in machinery for manufacturing bullets and Yung Aung presented the idea to SS Khaplang, who welcomed the idea.”
The press release however alleged that the proposal was “in fact a sinister cover and a ploy for bringing in distillers and equipments needed for cooking illicit drugs.”
This plan, the MIP said, “came crashing down when the profit sharing deal among his partners in crime went astray, resulting in the murder of one of his partners in Delhi.”
After the incident came to light, (Late) SS Khaplang took immediate action against him by discharging him from national service, the release said.
It added that Yung Aung “pleaded guilty” and constantly “appealed to SS Khaplang to forgive him.”
“After an observational period, he was accepted into the NSCN/GPRN fold on the explicit condition that he desists completely from his criminal ways,” the release maintained.
After the death of SS Khaplang and Yung Aung becoming the President of the NSCN (K), the press release alleged that the latter “reconnected with his remaining partners in crime and as of today has managed to procure all equipments for once again manufacturing illicit drugs.”
It claimed that the facility is located “in the forested area along the forcefully drawn boundary line in the vicinity of Hashik and Chopkolangoi on the east and Warap area to the west.” Alleging that there has been transportation of distilleries from the Indian side of the border and generator from the Burmese side, the press release claimed that “this was done with the tacit approval of the Indian occupiers…”
It appealed to Yung Aung to desist “from trying to further malign the Nagas” and also advised the NSCN (IM) to “distance themselves as far as possible from him, lest they too be dragged down into the abyss of criminality.”
