In view of the serious nature of the the prevailing situation in Moreh, the Kuki-Zo village volunteers of Moreh has notified to all transport operators including Helicopter service providers in Manipur to desist from transporting Meitei police commandos to Moreh town with immediate effect.
In a statement on Sunday, the Village Volunteers said, "The state-sponsored terrorists are mixed with Meitei Militants and Arambai Tenggol and involved in burning down civilian houses, killing innocent public, and looting public properties especially the Kuki-Zo people in Moreh and surrounding areas. Last night too, they burnt down three civilian houses in Lhangnom Veng, Moreh, and mercilessly thrashed an innocent civilian who is a teacher in private school in Moreh."
"The Pawan Hans Ltd., or whosoever provided helicopter services between Imphal-Tengnoupal district for state sponsored terrorist police Commandos and Meitei radicals embedded with State commandos are informed to halt immediately," the Kuki Volunteers informed.
The volunteers warned that failing to heed the appeal to stop helicopter services would be interpreted as collusion with the "genocidal efforts on the Kuki-Zo community, and any damage to vehicles/Helicopters would be at their own risk.
Earlier in the day, the Village Volunteers, Tengnoupal District (Eastern Zone), had clarified to the public and all concerned authorities that the unwanted incident that took place yesterday, the 30th of December 2023 at M. Chahnou and Lhangkichoi Veng areas of Moreh was a direct consequence of the communal Manipur government's atrocities and hatred upon the indigenous Kuki-Zo people in Tengnoupal District in particular and the current state of Manipur as a whole.
The Village Volunteers warned that they will not remain silent as long as rogue Manipur state forces are not withdrawn completely from the land of Kuki-Zo tribals including Moreh border town.
The Hills Journal
K. Salbung, Churachandpur
Manipur-795128
