CNI News
28 April 2024
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) has arrested Naga youths more and more, said local Naga people.
The human rights of the Naga people were being violated; he didn't want to talk about the voluntary participation of young Nagas in the current revolution; however, the KIA came to houses and was forcibly arresting Naga youths, said a resident of Shin Bway Yang.
" I feel that human rights have been violated in our region because Naga youths are being forcibly arrested even though they are at home. They (KIA) tell us that the military council's Conscription Law is unjust and not to accept it. But they are forcibly arresting Naga youths. Is it just? What law is it? The people are asking the question. They are treating us lawlessly." he said.
The KIA was forcibly recruiting Naga youths and sometimes told the youths not to live in Kachin State if they didn't want to serve in the military, he added.
While seeing Naga people
A lot of Naga youths had to run away after Naga youths were arrested at home in some villages, Shin Bway Yang Township in the second week of April, 2024.Although CNI News tried to contact Col.Nawbu, information officer of the KIA to know more about the arresting by phone, it could not contact him.
Many Naga youths took part in the battles between the Myanmar Tatmadaw and the KIA, and the KIA was making the Naga become an extinct tribe, naming Naga youths it arrested Kachin names, a local Naga told CNI News.
" 800 or 900 Naga youths were arrested from 2022 to 2024. Some of their parents thought that their sons were working in the gold or jade industry. Largely Nag youths come to Tanai Hmaw on the Naga Mountain. But their sons didn't reach their workplaces. They were arrested on the way by the KIA. Many Naga youths are included in the battles between the Tatmadaw and the KIA/PDF joint forces. As soon as the Naga youths arrive in their organization, they are named Kachin names. They have no more Naga names. The KIA is trying to cause the extinction of Naga tribe, I think." he said.
While seeing the ENDA/ENNO force
Over 300 Naga youths were arrested in 2023 and some of them were released. At present, the KIA is arresting Naga people living in Shin Bway Yang, Nanyun, Pansaung, Lahe, Donhee, Khamti Townships and Nan Si Pon region reportedly.
The Eastern Naga Defense Army (ENDA)/The Eastern Naga National Organization seceded from the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K) with the KIA's military support and is based in Laiza.
