CoTU flays CBI actions, calls for SA setup
Source: Chronicle News Service

Kangpokpi, September 11 2024: Committee on Tribal Unity (COTU) has expressed deep concern over the recent actions of the Central Bureau of investigation (CBI), accusing the agency of selectively targeting individuals from the Kuki-Zo community in Kangpokpi.

The committee criticised the CBI actions as ill-timed and insensitive, especially as many cases of heinous crimes against the minority Kuki-Zo community remain ignored or unresolved by national investigative agencies.

In a statement, CoTU reminded the public and authorities in Manipur and Sadar Hills, Kangpokpi that it has adopted a '5-Point Declaration' on September 9 at Thomas Ground, Kangpokpi, incliiding that instructions or intimations from the state government will not be accepted or applicable in the hill areas predominantly inhabited by the Kuki-Zo community.

COTU urged administrative authorities in Sadar Hills to disregard any orders from the Manipur administration, which it described as biased and detrimental to the safety and security of the Kuki-Zo people.

The committee further emphasised that such measures should remain in place until the law and order situation is restored, constitutional democracy is re-established, and a separate administrative (SA) setup for the Kuki-Zo community in the form of a Union Territory under Article 239A is realised.

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