KLO offers salute to slain president
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, May 13 2011:
The Kuki Liberation Organisation today paid their last revolutionary salutes to their deceased president, who was found murdered by some unknown persons near Kholep village on NH 39 under Sapermeina police station.
Leaders of the armed outfit, who had been maintaining a cease fire trust under the suspension of operation, has condemned the act of murder of their president, Paokhomang Khongsai, and sought clarification if any armed outfit was behind the murder.
The KLO suspect their leader was murdered after being kidnapped from somewhere between Imphal and Sapermeina on his way to their general headquarters at Saikul.
He had been missing since he left Dimapur for Imphal by a flight on May 8 last, said general secretary of the group, L Timothy Kuki.
They have information that Paokhomang had reached Imphal.
He was coming back to the camp after visiting his native village in Assam on that fateful day, Timothy who claimed that they came to know the death of their president only when they went to have an identification check at the RIMS morgue after their leader failed to reach the camp.
The knowledge that he had left for the camp came to be known only when his wife contacted them to inquire if he had reached the designated camp, he added.
The dead body of Paokhomang which has been taken to KLO headquarters at Saikul, will be taken to his native village tomorrow.
Meanwhile, with the death of Paokhomang, the KLO has handed over the charge of president to L Jacob Kuki who will be the "caretaker president" till an alternative arrangement is made.