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* Nagas
oppose Indo-Burma military operation
* Another screw on the
Wa
* Nine Arakanese monks arrested for agitating municipal authority
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Nagas oppose Indo-Burma military operation
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Nava Thakuria
Mizzima News(www.mizzima.com)
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Guwahati: Naga
civic bodies, political leaders and armed groups have
expressed apprehension about the
Indo-Burma joint military operation
to flush out anti-Indian Government
insurgents from Burmese soil.
The Naga Peoples Movement for
Human Rights (NPMHR) said they would not
tolerate any military intervention
which directly threatens democracy,
human rights and sustainable peace.
"The Indo-Burma pact on flushing out NE insurgents and
to combat
terrorism in the border regions is
a matter of grave alarm, and Nagas
need to understand the broader
political implications of the politics
of artificial boundaries that has
been created to divide the Naga
people so as to limit our struggle
against occupation and for our
inalienable right to
self-determination," the NPMHR added in a press
release.
People's Liberation Army and smaller
outfits. Twenty-five rebels have
been killed and 40 more detained.
The temporary headquarters of the
People's Liberation Army (PLA) bordering
state of Manipur was seized.
Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio also expressed reservations about
the Indo-Burma military joint
operation in border areas. Though he
admitted that the central
government had the power to instigate the
military operation,
civilians.
The reactions from both factions of the National Socialist
Council of
Nagaland (NSCN) were
also not favorable to the Indian Government. The
NSCN (Khaplang), whose headquarters
are based inside
strongly expressed its resentment
against such an operation as it
would "prevent" them from
taking part in future peace dialogue.
The Isak-Muivah (MI) armed
resistance group also opposes a military
operation in
representative, K. Chawang, alleged that such an operation would only
harass ordinary Naga
people living in border areas.
Reacting to the development, the Asian Centre for Human
Rights
director, Suhas
Chakma, argued that
a "Bhutan-type" operation
against the United Liberation Front of Assam
and other insurgents in
cannot be replicated elsewhere.
"
the tiny Himalayan kingdom in the
early 1990s.
weapons to the Royal Bhutan Army
and trained its personnel in counter-
insurgency operations.
Meanwhile, Indian Defense Minister Pranab
Mukherjee reaffirmed that
the truce with the Naga armed groups, NSCN(IM) and NSCN(K) would
continue even if an Indo-Burma
military operation took place in
future. However, he denied that any
concrete decision was taken in
this regard.
The head of
promised to cooperate in the battle
against rebels when he visited New
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Another screw on the
Wa
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Shan Herald Agency for News
The Wa, long under the doting wardship of ex-strongman Gen. Khin
Nyunt, were dealt another blow recently when they were
notified by
Burma Army authorities to keep them informed of their
movements,
reports King Cobra from the Chiangmai border:
Since Nov. 5, Wa vehicles leaving
for neighboring townships from
either Wanhong
or Mongyawn, opposite Chiangmai's
Mae Ai district, have
been required to apply for letters
of authorization from Monghsat's
principal unit, Infantry Battalion
49. In addition, any cars going
across the
or Mongton,
both townships adjoining the river.
Sources, however, have no knowledge of whether the same
measure
applies to Wa-controlled areas
further north.
"In the past, the United Wa
State Army's standard retort to any
official attempt to stop or search
their vehicles would be ' Please
ask Gen. Khin Nyunt first,' said
the source from Monghsat. "Now the
time has come for them to take
their medicine."
The Wa and other ceasefire groups
have been spared the ongoing
campaign against unlicensed
automobiles. Some of their automobiles
were seized during the earliest
days of the crackdown but were
returned later.
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Nine Arakanese monks arrested for agitating municipal authority
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Narinjara News
Akyab, November 10:
Nine Arakanese Buddhist monks from
Akyab, capital of Arakan
state,
have been detained by local
authorities and are in danger of being
imprisoned for many years.
The monks, from Ka Yu Khaung
monastery, located in front of State High
School No. 3 in Akyab, got into a
brawl Oct. 18 with Akyab city
municipal staff members.
A senior monk, a member of the
governing body of the order of
monks) confirmed the news of the arrest
and told the Narinjara
that senior monks from Akyab are trying to
negotiate release of the monks.
A layperson who attended Ka Yu Khaung
monastery recounted the genesis
of the problem: "The Akyab Municipal authority impounded the trishaw
which was on its way to collect
food for the monks of the monastery,”
he said. “The monks went to
the municipal office to complain about
the impoundment. When the
trishaw was not released, there was a small
brawl between the monks and the
municipal staff members there."
In order to get more details on the present condition of the
monks as
well as personal details, Narinjara tried to contact Abbot U Sein
Daa,
but have not been successful so
far.
The monk who was leader of the agitating group was in
solitary
confinement in the Akyab prison, and was rumored by some to have
received a long prison sentence.
Akyab Municipal officers normally
impound trishaws and demand bribes
for their release. In this
case, the brawl started due to the demand
for a bribe from the monk in
exchange for their food trishaws,
according to the source.
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