Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 24 2010:
Maintaining that all the five individuals who were arrested by Bishnupur police commandos from Malom Tuliyaima Awang Leikai were not its cadres, the Military Defence Force has asserted they were extortionists.
A press release issued by MDF public relation officer said that all the five individuals were unknown to the party nor the party have any records about them.
Those self-seeking gang of extortionist have not only tarnished the image of MDF by taking its name, they have sullied the names of all other revolutionary groups.
Those individuals are bereft of any ideology or standpoint of their own.
They were only seeking easy money without making any labour.
Categorically stating that any four/five individual cannot set up a revolutionary group, the MDF said that they were a gang indulging in extortion only.
They were extorting money in the name different parties secretly and they were trying to indulge in open extortion by setting up a new outfit.
Saying that the MDF would never let those anti-party and anti-social elements go scot-free, it asked all those concerned to confess their activities to the party and apologise accordingly in public.