Disastrous murder in Uhkrul seriously condemned by NISC
Mobile office, September 20 2013
In a divided Naga Nation Jonathan Kashung, candidate for the position of president of the Tangkhul Naga Long (TNL), one among the many Naga Organizations making up the Naga civil society, was abducted by yet unknown perpetrators and found murdered in the outskirts of Uhkrul, Manipur, India on Wednesday September 18 2013.
The Naga International Support Center, NISC, vehemently condemns the perpetrators and those who ordered them to take the life Jonathan Kashung.
Who are they to decide on the life of others?
Nagas are predominantly Christian; Nagas know the Ten Commandments by heart, yet like it has become fact of life murder is committed on a regular basis. ‘Thou shall not kill’ also applies to those who claim to represent the peoples of the Naga Nation.
Still, if the person has done wrong he should be brought before a public Naga Customary Court to do him justice. In comparison, just like NISC suggested to the Naga organizations representing Naga peoples with regard to India; arrest a high placed Indian leader and charge him with wage war against the Naga Nation. But this is not done against the real enemy of the Nagas who deny their them right to self determination.
Jonathan Kashung is dead, brutally murdered. In a just society no stone will be left unturned to hunt the perpetrators down and so to bring them to justice. Then how just is this emerging Naga Society if factions don’t stop at killing their own? And, what about Nagas who collaborate with Indian invaders who hold the entire Naga Nation captive?
Silence is golden but not in this case. This is a severe case of injustice and as the family points to the NSCN-IM as the party responsible for and accountable to this murder the Naga International Supports Center is waits for the NSCN-IM to break silence. NISC wants the NSCN-IM to come out with a statement of either denying it has had a hand in this execution or explaining on what basis it came to the decision to murder this fellow Naga.
Let’s keep this in mind leaders of the NSCN-IM: when you say ‘Praise the Lord’ this Lord also put this to you: You shall not kill.
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* This Press Release was sent by Frans Welman , who can be contacted at nisc1(at)hotmail(dot)com
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