ZYF refutes
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, September 22 2013:
Zeliangrong Youth Front (Assam, Manipur & Nagaland) has expressed surprise over the statement issued by one M.Kanamsin, the chairman of Bitiang (Laphok) village authority, who denied illegal detention, electric shock, harassment and physical torture perpetrated on the two innocent persons by the army personnel posted at Lamdangmei village.
Reacting to the statement of the village chairman clarying on behalf of the Army, Titus Kamei, President of ZYF (AMN) asserted that M.Kanamsin could be considered as "hired or used person" by the army with certain terms of agreement or understanding or assurance agreed upon and thereby exposed his involvement directly or indirectly in the illegal detention, electric shock, harassment and physical torture on the two innocent persons in collusion with the army for the reason best known to him.
The clarification could have also been made due to pressure from army personnel involved in the incident in order to avoid bad remarks or impediments in their service career thereby using such village chairman as most of the village chairmen are ignorant of the legal implication regarding such unlawful and illegal excessive activities frequently committed and perpetrated upon innocent persons.