IMPHAL, Dec 21NNN: The Chandel Naga People’s Organisation (CNPO), Chandel NagaWomen Union (CNWU) and Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR) have strongly condemned the incident of the Maha Union Higher Secondary School ground, Chandel where Manipuri film actress Momoko among other artists was molested and assaulted by NSCN-IM cadre Livingstone. CNPO said it condemned the incident in the strongest term and said that such incident should never be repeated again. However, the CNPO said the organisations should not politicalise the matter. “It is done by an individual so let the law of the land takes its own course to deliver justice,” said the CNPO. The apex Naga body of Chandel district also said that an act of one individual should not be brought to the fore of the ethnic lines. CNWU and NPMHR said the incident was very unfortunate and regret on behalf of the organizers and the artist that such very high profile programme was staged without security arrangement in the remote district head quarters of Manipur. “We request all right thinking people to refrain from actions that could trigger communal tension or create fear psychosis (both valley and hills) in this already trouble torn state of Manipur,” the CNWU and NPMHR added. Both the organisations appeal the state and the non state actors to respect human rights and uphold the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the process of delivering justice in the larger interest of communal harmony and the sanctity of the Christmas season. “May Peace and Joy of Christmas prevail, amen,” they added.
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