Myanmarese with bullet injuries treated in Churachandpur
IFP Bureau10 Jul 2023
Reports of Myanmar nationals being treated for bullet and explosive injuries at Churachandpur District Hospital raised concerns among the people.
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Reports of Myanmar nationals being treated for bullet and explosive injuries at Churachandpur District Hospital raised concerns among the people.
IFP Editorial: CM N Biren Singh said that for the period from January to June 2022, a total of 3,38,742 inner line permits were issued while a total of 37,153 people were given renewed ILP certificates during the said period. But, there was no mention of the base year or of framing region-specific rules and regulations.
IFP Editorial: The final figure of Census 2001 of Manipur was not based on actual head count but on projected data. For years, a major grouping of tribes in the state had been blind to steady infiltration of migrants from Myanmar while in pursuit of its political agenda.
The Myanmarese nationals could not produce any valid document for staying in India and disclosed that they were all citizens of Myanmar.
IFP Editorial: Why do they come to Churachandpur instead of staying in Chandel? It is because Churachandpur has more people with whom they have close ethnic relations, including language and more sympathy.
The Myanmar Nationals were produced before the court by a team of Singjamei police along with a prayer for 15-day judicial custody remand after completion of six- day police custody.
The four Myanmar nationals were on their way to Imphal.
The 24 arrested Myanmar nationals, including 14 females, seven males and three minors were travelling in three passenger vehicles (Eeco Vans) when the personnel of 20 Assam Rifles at Khudengthabi caught them around 3 pm of October 5.
The Myanmar nationals were were detained at Imphal Airport on Thursday as they were found holding fake Aadhaar cards.
The apprehended persons hail from Chin state of Myanmar and they were on their way to Delhi to study Bible (theology).
Executive director of Human Rights Alert (HRA) Manipur Babloo Loitongbam stressed that the situation in Manipur is very much alike with the neighbouring country Myanmar.
The International Human Rights Association said there is no difference between people who shoot innocent people and the one who shoots them back.
The persecuted citizens are likely to seek refuge in the neighbouring states of lndia, including Manipur, the Civil Society Coalition for Human Rights in Manipur and the United Nations (CSCHR) said.
More than 3,000 people fled to Thailand amid bombardments to take refuge on Sunday.
Many Myanmar nationals tried to enter the border on Saturday but the Indian security stopped them from entering and made them go back to their own country.
Among the stranded Myanmar nationals, 50 of them were at Kawnpui and Ngatal village of Churachandpur district, while other four were in Imphal.
The Myanmar nationals who were sent to their home country on Wednesday came from Bangalore, Shillong, Churachandpur among others.
All the Myanmar nationals were stranded in different parts of India and brought to Moreh town and seen off at the India-Myanmar Friendship Bridge by concerned Indian officials on duty.
As many as 35 of them came from Churachandpur district of Manipur while seven are from Dimapur.
Many skilled handloom weavers working in Churachandpur had to leave due to lockdown as the market for finished goods/shawl is no longer available.