DIMAPUR, Sept 19 NNN : The Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR) condemns the abduction and “unwarranted killing” of Jonathan Kashung of Shingkap village Ukhrul district “while in the custody of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (IM)”. “The NSCN (IM), as an organisation that was founded for the rights of struggling peoples, is […]
DIMAPUR, Sept 19 NNN : The Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR) condemns the abduction and “unwarranted killing” of Jonathan Kashung of Shingkap village Ukhrul district “while in the custody of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (IM)”.
“The NSCN (IM), as an organisation that was founded for the rights of struggling peoples, is expected to be non-arbitrary and accountable in its decision making, particularly when it involves the lives of people irrespective of differences,” the Naga rights body stated.Jonathan Kashung (49), one of the presidential candidates of Tangkhul Naga Long (TNL), the apex body of the Tangkhul tribe, was abducted by unidentified armed men from Phungreitang area in Ukhrul town on September 13 at around 9:40 am apparently in connection with the TNL presidential election. Since then he was traceless.His decomposed body was found late September 17 evening at Tolloi Junction, around 4 km north-west of Ukhrul district headquarters.
Expressing its resentment, the NPMHR calls for an immediate investigation of the incident,
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