Residential certificates to Myanmar citizens Lamzang village chief held
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, October 01 2017: Six days after Churachandpur DC Shyam Lal Poonia directed the SDO/SDC of Churachandpur to submit a report regarding the issuance of residential and tribe certificates to two Myanmarese Nationals who were earlier arrested from Imphal airport, police today arrested the chief of Lamzang village .

The two were arrested at Imphal airport on September 14 with fake residential certificates of Mizoram .

Significantly the Churachandpur DC cracked the whip on September 25 after The Sangai Express broke the story of how the two Myanmarese Nationals were issued residential and tribe certificates on September 24 .

According to a reliable source, the chief of Lamzang village was picked up by a police team at about 2.30 pm today after a formal complaint was lodged by the SDC, Churachandpur for issuing the tribe and residential certificates .

The village chief, L Suankhogin had allegedly identified the two Myanmarese as residents of Lamzang village .

The village chief who was produced before the Duty Magistrate today has been remanded to custody till October 6 .

Sources said that the two Myanmarese are also staying at the residence of the village chief and they are currently out on bail with a PR bond of Rs 70 thousand each and two sureties including a Government employee .

The two Myanmarese were however not found at the residence of the village when the police went there today afternoon .

The issuance of tribe and residential certificates to the two Myanmarese comes at a time when the Government has upped security arrangements along the border area to stop illegal entry from Myanmar particularly after the Rohingya issue at Rakhine State .

Security has been beefed up at Moreh, Churachandpur and Jiribam to detect entry of foreigners into Manipur .

The two Myanmarese to who the tribe and residential certificates were issued are Khuplampang (21) son of Nungzuhou of Dimzang village, Tedim, Myanmar and Chin Tawi Dim (22) son of Thangza Suan of Taham village, Kalimeyo Myanmar .

They were detained at Imphal airport while trying to board a flight to Kolkata posing as Dim Sian Vung and Ching Tawi Dim of Mizoram .

The tribe and residential certificates were issued on September 16 by the Executive Magistrate, Churachand- pur sub-division after being verified by SDO, Chura-chandpur two days after their arrest.

Comment