Haolenphai incident
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 17 2017:
A team led by Tengnoupal District Commissioner Kh Raghumani, today, went to investigate the incident of Myanmar soldiers trespassing into Haolenphai, a village near the Indo-Myanmar border, and taking away the blades of the village's saw mill.
According to source, the team consisting of Tengnoupal DC, SP and other officials met the village chief and gathered a report regarding the incident.
The team suspect foul play and violation of rules on the part of the Myanmar army for crossing over to the India side without any form of prior notice, it added.
The source pointed out that a Fact Finding Committee led by Moreh ADC has been established to investigate the matter and the authority will discuss further course of action based on the report of the Committee.
The DC further directed the Assam Rifles to patrol the area often and urged the villagers to report to the Assam Rifles in case such incident happens in the future, it added.