Manipur: Kuki-Zo Woman “RAPED”, “MURDERED”, "BURNT ALIVE WITH HER HOUSE"

IN A HORRIFYING incident, a 31-year-old mother of three, identified as Zosangkim Hmar, suffered a brutal and tragic death in the village of Zairawn, Jiribam, Manipur, on the night of November 7, 2024.

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According to local reports, Zosangkim was allegedly shot in the leg, dragged from her home, and subjected to sexual assault before suffering further violence. Disturbingly, her brain was reportedly removed, and she was then burned to death along with her home.

She leaves behind three young children --  a 9-year-old daughter, a 7-year-old daughter, and a 3-year-old son -- who are now bereft of their mother. Her husband, Ngurthansang Hmar, alleges that the assault and murder were committed by armed members of the Meitei militant group known as “Arambai Tenggol”.

Even her pet dog was not spared; it was reportedly shot, and its body mutilated. The attack has sent shockwaves throughout the region, igniting outrage and a demand for justice.

Here’s how the media is covering the incident….

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VIRAL VIDEO

In a recently surfaced video that has quickly gone viral, alleged Meitei militants are seen inside a house, setting it on fire while an angry voice can be heard shouting, “Don't kill, don't kill, bring alive, bring alive...” The footage has intensified public outcry and calls for accountability, with many condemning the brutal act and the apparent disregard for human life.

The video provides direct evidence of Meitei militants launching an attack on Zairawn village, documenting the violent actions that have sparked widespread condemnation and demands for justice.

Kuki Victims’ Update Released by THINGKHO LE MALCHA (KSO Bulletin) – 08.11.2024:

• Deaths: 207
• Villages Burned: 200+
• Houses Burned: 7,000+
• Churches & Synagogues Burned: 360+
• Displaced Persons: 41,425+

The recent update provides a grim summary of the extensive violence and displacement impacting the Kuki-Zo community, highlighting the scale of devastation in the region.

“We Demand Justice: Separate Administration is the Only Solution”

~ KHALVONTAWI ONLINE

!!! Voice of the Voiceless !!!

Thangkhal film KV Admin kiangah lei theih

Pic: KV Social Media admin Pu MG Thangkhal leh Pu (Rev) Khaikhanthang,
Director, TANGLAI LEH TUN film

LAMKA, MARCH 05, 2019 – Thangkhal film “Tanglai leh Tuhun” Disc deih te’n KHALVONTAWI Admin Pu MG Thangkhal kiang ah Rs 100 tawi in lei thei ding hi. Hih Film ahihleh Thangkhal Kual a Pasian Thu lutdante Video tungtawn in et thei in om hi.

Nidang a Thangkhal a ding a pan anala S. Zezaw hausapu Dr. Thangkhenhang chi te zong jau uh hi. Tua banah mipi aneu alian in ithei uh Kamneithang chi te zong pang a et nop huai mahmah Film ahi hi. Nidanglai a te imu chia, hih Film tungtawn in nidanglai a ipu ipa te uh hindan tawn dan te zong et thei in om hi.

Contact: Mr MG Thangkhal ~ 8415916466 / 9366842675

ZYA GHQ in Zodawn Block leh Unit veh

ZOMI YOUTH ASSOCIATION (ZYA) General Headquarters India, a President Pu Lianzalal makaihna nuai a Pu. Pumkhanlian Tawmbing General Secretary ZYA, Pu S. Tunluanlal Secretary Information and Publicity, Pu H. Liankhohau Executive Member ZYA leh Pu Nengmuanlal @MG Muanlal Asst. Information & Publicity ZYA te apaisa October date 8th 2018 (Monday) Zingsang baitak 5:30am in Zodawn lam a Zomi Youth Association, Block leh Unit te veh diingin lamka apat ZYA Gari Bolero zangin zin khia uhi.

Thangkhal Baptist Church inaugurated in Delhi

NEW DELHI — For the first time in Thangkhal history, the Thangkhal Baptist Church (affiliated to American Baptist Association) has been inaugurated in New Delhi on Sunday, September 02, 2018.

Demand ‘Territorial Council’ for the Zo Peoples

THE MIZO Students’ Union (MSU) and the Mizo Zirlai Pawl (Mizo Students’ Association/ MZP) are thrill on hearing the political development for the entire Zo people that the two organisations of Kuki National Organisation (KNO) and United Peoples’ Front (UPF) are united in one accord for political settlement and thereby a series of tripartite political talks have been going on with the representatives of Government of India, Government of Manipur and the negotiating team of both the KNO and UPF.

MSU and MZP sent letter to KNO and UPF collective leaderships saying “not to miss the chance for long-lasting solution of the political problem of the whole of Zo peoples under the present Manipur State”.

Here is the Letter dated the 23rd August, 2018.

To,

The President, Kuki National Organisation (KNO)

The Chairman, United People’s Front (UPF)

Subject: Territorial Council for the Zo Peoples.

Dear Zo Brothers,

We, the Mizo Students’ Union (MSU) and the Mizo Zirlai Pawl (Mizo Students’ Association) [MZP] are thrill on hearing the political development for the entire Zo people that the two organisations of Kuki National Organisation (KNO) and United Peoples’ Front (UPF) are united in one accord for political settlement and thereby a series of tripartite political talks have been going on with the representatives of Government of India, Government of Manipur and the negotiating team of both the KNO and UPF.

We have learnt from a reliable source that the KNO and the UPF submitted a joint Memorandum to the Government of India for a separate state, however the government is ready only for Territorial Council under the provisions of the Sixth Schedule. For that matter, the KNO and UPF constituted a Drafting Committee for the Autonomous Territorial Council (ATC). As per our understanding, the draft was submitted with consensus, focusing on the powers and functions for the proposed ATC rather than the vexed and contesting names for the Territorial Council since the Zo peoples in Manipur were called by different names. We were hopeful that the ATC would be given an appropriate name with consensus which is rooted in our culture.

When, on June 29, 2018, the KNO and UPF came up with two proposed names viz. Khul Territorial Council and Zalengam Territorial Council for discussion with civil society organisations, we were hopeful of a lasting solution for our brethren in Manipur. However, such hope was short lived by the meeting on July 10, 2018 at Kangpokpi where the KNO leaders backtracked on the earlier decision with regard to the name for the Territorial Council. To us, all these is also very perturbing.

We were worried that the KNO and UPF would separately approach the Government of India which may be seen as a sign of disunity among the Zo peoples which may impair the process of our cherished political negotiation.

Thus, we feel oblige to write letters of same contents to President of KNO, the Chairman of UPF, the Convener and the Joint Convener of Negotiating Team of KNO-UPF as it is critically important that you would stand firm on the bond of unity in the truest spirit to take the task of Zo nation-building process forward.

And, it is desirable from our point of view, if there is no consensus between KNO and UPF, the Name of the Territorial Council includes the term ‘Zo’ as it appears to be acceptable to all Zo-fate (Zo-descendants). In fact, all of us accept that we are an entity culturally, but due to various names by which we were known and called ourselves, we cannot transmute cultural entity into political entity. lt also appears to be most relevant in promoting Zo brotherhood and unity, not only who are living in the present State of Manipur alone but also the Zo Peoples all over the world. It is our firm belief that our Zo brothers in Manipur under KNO and UPF would become the torch-bearers in leading the project of Zo nation-building by adopting a name for their proposed Territorial Council which is in consonance with the vision of a shared future for all Zo peoples. We ask of them to imprint ‘Zo’ as a political recognition for our people in Manipur. Unity and brotherhood is our top priority in the Zo Nation building process not the variations or names of different groups. We are, indeed, inseparable and not detachable but connected in spite of artificial boundaries.

We, fervently beseech to the KNO and UPF collective leaderships not to miss the chance for long-lasting solution of the political problem of the whole of Zo peoples under the present Manipur State. It is our view that territorial council for the Zo people in Manipur is an important beginning step in realization of our ultimate political goal and rights, the Re-Unification. If we fail to make the right decision it will take generations to really correct the mistake and we will miss forever the cherished dream of Zo reunification.

May the Almighty God be with you and guide you throughout this crucial juncture.

RB Lalmalsawma
President, Mizo Students’ Union
General Headquarter : Aizawl

L Ramdinliana Renthlei
President, Mizo Zirlai Pawl (Mizo Students’ Association)
General Headquarters, Aizawl : Mizoram

Bengaluru: Honesty of The Auto Rickshaw Driver!

 

Name: Shri Madhukumar

Auto Rickshaw No. KA 04 AA 0951

City: Bengaluru

Mr Zairemchhunga, Native of Mizoram, a student of PES Engineering College, Mandya came to Bengaluru City to purchase New Laptop & bought Hp laptop worth of 51,000/- from SP road. He took an Auto from SP road to Brigade road, while getting down at Brigade road, he had forgotten his Laptop bag & personnel things kept inside the Auto. Later on realized that he left his belongings in the Auto itself & approached the traffic police who directed him to visit Traffic Management Centre to verify the camera footage of Brigade road.

While in TMC, he got a call from Auto driver (as the laptop bill contains his mobile no) that where he should come to handover his belongings. We directed him to come TMC and made arrangements to get back the lost items.

We appreciate Mr. Madhukumar's good gesture & his "Honesty is the Best Policy" character.

Courtesy:~ Bengaluru Traffic Police

Delhi MZP held Orientation cum Seminar

47 yrs after being raped, two Mizo women are compensated

Aizawl, June 16, 2013 [Indian Express] --- The Central government has given Rs 5 lakh each as compensation to two Mizo women who lost their sanity after being allegedly gangraped by Indian Army soldiers 47 years ago, at the beginning of a 20-year insurgency in what is now the state of Mizoram. Relatives of the two women told The Sunday Express that they "wept for joy" at the Centre's gesture, which came after former members of the Mizo National Army (MNA), the armed wing of the Mizo National Front (MNF) that fought a guerilla war against Indian armed forces between 1966 and 1986, lobbied with Union home ministry officials for compensation for the women. Sources said the ex-MNA members, who were helped by retired Mizo IAS officer H V Lalringa, visited Home Secretary R K Singh in New Delhi on May 16. Singh is learnt to have advised them to open bank accounts for the women in order to channel the compensation. Official sources confirmed that the money was recently paid from a secret fund after clearance from the highest authorities in the home ministry. The home ministry declined to comment officially on the matter. "I wept when I heard the news from bank officials on Wednesday evening," J Laldula Sailo, a brother of one of the women told The Sunday Express over the phone from East Lungdar in Mizoram's Champhai district. "I immediately hugged my sister and told her God has been kind to her after all the suffering," he said. Sailo, who retired as a teacher from a government middle school and the son of the erstwhile tribal chief of Mualcheng village where the alleged sexual assaults took place, said that his sister these days sits around smoking most of the time, with a blank expression on her face. He said she can do almost nothing by herself, and needs help to go to the bathroom or relieve herself. "She eats very little, and can only perform small tasks like putting her plate in the sink after she has eaten," Sailo said. "But she is generally not at all troublesome. She just sits quietly in a corner." Sailo said his sister and her childhood friend were raped one night in November 1966 at Mualcheng, after Army personnel advanced towards the village after being fired upon by MNF rebels in East Lungdar. The soldiers were fired upon again as they came close to the village, and in retaliation, they herded all the villagers together and set fire to their homes. Lalnghakliani Lailung, a state government employee and the younger sister of the other woman who was raped, said the two girls were kept separately in a small shack, where soldiers allegedly took turns raping them. Both the victims were daughters of prominent villagers — while the father of one was the erstwhile chief, the other was the daughter of the head of the village council. "Since our parents died long ago, my siblings and I take turns to look after my sister. She has extreme paranoia, and for many years after she was raped, she would sew together long nightgowns and refuse to sleep alone. Even now she keeps talking of a big dark man she sees in nightmares, and is very suspicious of everyone. She says we are impostors who have dressed up like her siblings to harm her," Lailung said over the phone from Kolasib, the headquarters of a nothern district, where she plans to build a house to live with her sister. Her sister currently stays with relatives in another small town. "I was so happy that I wept and prayed when I was told the compensation had come. The former MNA men have been very kind to us, pursuing the issue all these years," Lailung said. "In a sense, we feel this gesture is an acknowledgment and an apology by the central government for the atrocities committed during those troubled times," she said.

David Zohmangaiha become first Mizo to scale Mt Everest

Aizawl, May 20, 2013 [The Mizoram Post] --- David Zohmangaiha (38) s/o K Zokhuma (L) has turned out to be the first Mizo to scale the highest mountain in the world, Mt Everest. He, along with team members, set foot on the mountain peak at 5:30 AM on May 18. Along with David Zohmangaiha, other 7 persons from North East also scaled the world's highest mountain. Vanlalliana, Maubawk, Head Adventure of Sports & Youth Services deptt, was also in the expedition team as Base Camp Manager. Meanwhile, 3 persons of the team could not reach the mountain peak due to physical problem.  The team of 1st North East India Mt Everest Expedition, which included 2 Mizo, consists of 16 members, of which 11 climbed the mountain. According to the Expedition team base camp manager Vanlalliana, 3 members from the team scaled the mountain in the morning of May 17. Then at night on May 17 itself, another 5 climbed up towards the peak, and reached it on May 18 morning. On talking to ZALEN daily, family of David exclaimed, "We are very happy and we are also very proud of him". "In the beginning we were almost disheartened as lakhs of rupees was required, and adding to that it was also a bit difficult to get sponsored as no Mizo has yet scaled the Mt Everest before. So, while we are almost losing heart, he but turned out successful which is really a matter of joy for us", the exuberant family of David added. The expedition team, who set out to scale the Mt Everest on April 5, 2013, reached the Camp IV, the base stage before reaching the peak which is of 7920 metre (feet 26,000) high on the night of May 16 around 10 AM from when they proceeded upward to reach the peak measuring 8848 metre (feet 29,029). They had to stop for some time when they reached 'South Col' which is near Camp IV, as speedy wind of 60 kilometre per hour blew along and also because of the snow fall. Also, even after 3 of the team members reached the peak, the other members had to stop at 'South Col' due to lack of oxygen and foods, and also because night was favourable time to climb the mountain. They started again on Friday night, and the other 5 climbers reached the peak in the morning of May 18. The expedition conducted under the aegis of Manipur Mountaineeing & Trekking Association and Manipur was sponsored by North Eastern Council. Sources also informed that Vanlalliana's contribution for the success of the expedition is immense, citing that after when the Team doctor faced physical problem, he even helped in taking care of the members' physical condition. In order to scale Mt Everest it is required to secure Grade 'A' in each of Adventure Course, Basic Mountaineering, Advance Mountaineering and Search & Rescue. After these, it is necessary to scale at least one Minor and Major Peak, of a height ft. 20,000 and ft. 22,000 respectively. Even after fulfilling all these requirements, it is further required to undergo successful Pre-Expedition for Major Peak. In terms of logistics too, Advance Booking and a total amount required by one person is Rs 18 lakh per individual. The team members from Mizoram were sponsored by Sports & Youth Services department besides DRDA Project Director, Rotluanga and D3 Business Enterprise, Ramhlun North. Starting on April 5, 2013 from New Base Camp, 8 of the expedition team members scaled the mountain peak during May 17-18. They will leave New Base Camp on May 22 and proceed to New Delhi. David Zohmangaiha, the first ffrom Mizoram to set foot on the peak of the Mt Everest, is the present leader of Silver Hawk Adventure Club, Republic Veng, Aizawl. His club Silver Hawk Adventure Club had during 2006-2010 reached out all the Mizoram boundaries. Record has it that one Mizo Dr Capt Samuel Lalrintluanga (Indian Army), employed at Medical Office of Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, Uttarkasi, Uttaranchal State had earlier participated as Team Leader of Mt Everest Joint Expedition under the aegis of Nehru Institute of Mountainering and Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF).  The team had scaled the Mt Everst on May 21, 2009 at 6 AM. Although Samuel Lalrintluanga was the first Mizo to participate in the team of expedition to scale Mt Everest, but due to certain problems, he failed to book his name among the team members who reached the mountain peak. Also in 1995, Mizoram Alpine Club had climbed Mt Abigabin (24,639 ft) on behalf of Mizoram Adventure Association (MAA), but after being qualified for expedition to scale Mt Everest, they could not do so due to financial problem. But then, as they were already qualified earlier, they opened up the way for Adventure Club which is under MAA. It may be recalled that Sir Edmund Hillary, Auckland, New Zealand and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, Nepal were the first to scale Mt Everest, the highest mountain in the world.