Aung Yung faction of NSCN alleged that Myanmar army (Tatmadaw) violated cease fire ground rules

GUWAHATI: Aung Yung faction of NSCN alleged that Myanmar army (Tatmadaw) violated cease fire ground rules by forcibly intruding into the outfit’s council headquarter at Taka on January 29, 2019.

The outfit in a statement said some senior party members (cease fire delegation team) and Naga army cadres were arrested by the Myanmar military under false charges and were being confined at Khamti prison till date.

The outfit accused Myanmar army of creating a “war-like situation in the Naga areas” by deploying massive military forces with heavy artillery causing havoc and uneasiness among the Nagas. “A few days back, the Tatmadaw had indiscriminately fired artillery and heavy guns in jungles and nearby populated areas in Konyak region, in order to spark fear and panic in the minds of revolutionaries and innocent public.”

The outfit added it had signed a legal cease fire agreement with Myanmar at the invitation of the latter as two entities on April 9, 2012. “The complexity of the cease fire arose after the Myanmar government began adopting hostile attitude towards Nagas when the Myanmar government accused NSCN of making baseless allegation and enforced its National Ceasefire Agreement(NCA) on Nagas.”