KYKL refutes allegation on Thawai village killing
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, August 19 2023:
The proscribed UG group Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) has refuted the allegation of their involvement in the killing of three Kuki youths in Sopijang Kuki village near Thawai Kuki village in Ukhrul district on Thursday.
In a statement, KYKL said, "We are duty-bound to release this refutation of all wild charges, hurled against us by the World Kuki-Zo Intellectual Council (WKZIC), that we, in collaboration with the Manipur Naga Revolutionary Front (MNRF), killed three Kuki youths in Sopijang Kuki village, near Thowal Kuki village, Ukhrul district on August 18 .
"The said accusation is totally baseless and is a part of the proverbial 'Kuki Lies' .
We, have no connection, however weak and remote, with the incident of killing three Kuki youths.
In addition to it, we do not have any sort of alliance or collaboration with the Manipur Naga Revolutionary Front (MNRF), not even private friendship with its leaders and other members.
We hope MNRF also will soon clarify on this matter," it added.
The statement further said, "We, being a revolutionary organisation having the deepest conviction in the unity of WESEA region and eager to bring about a united front of all freedom-loving native communities of the region, including those in Manipur, would like to appeal to the intellectuals' of WKZIC, in particular, and the right-thinking Kuki elders, in general, to kindly delve into the mistakes committed by some narco-terroristic Kuki leaders in initiating and perpetuating this prevailing turmoil and to correct them in the interest of both the confronting communities, instead of barking up the wrong tree" .