Meiteis' Attack on KSO Bulletin: Despite Threats and Intimidation, TLM will Stand its Ground

The Meiteis’ unrestrained lodging of Police complaints against the truthfulness of Kukis has now led to an initiation of legal action against “Thingkho le Malcha (TLM)”, a newsletter published by the Media and Documentation Cell of Kuki Students’ Organisation (KSO), which counters the daily false narrative set by Meiteis’ media houses.

In their latest devilish design of silencing any person who speaks truth against Meiteis’ false propaganda since the escalation of the state-sponsored ethnic cleansing pogrom against the Kukis, a First Information Report (FIR) was filed against the KSO Bulletin at Heingang Police Station, Imphal, on May 24, 2024. The FIR, filed by one Salam Rajen Singh of Luwangsangbam Mamang Leikai, a Meitei who claims to be associated with Manipur Chief Minister, N. Biren Singh, accused “Thingkho le Malcha” of spreading enmity between different groups, making false statement, insulting to provoke the other person and promote, on ground of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, caste or community under section 153-A/499/504/505 of Indian Penal Code.

The complainant stated that the newsletter had allegedly called the Chief Minister N. Biren Singh as “Narcissistic Meitei Chief Minister” and serious allegations had been made against him of having close links with the Kingpin of flesh trade, Kumarjit Laishram, planning the ethnic cleansing program against Kukis, and having close proximity to drug lords, etc.

“The article was intentionally published to wedge a rift between the Chief Minister and his Cabinet Colleagues and MLAs and to malign his image in the eyes of the general public,” said the complainant, adding that the article was alleged to have been intentionally published and circulated to flare up the communal clash which has now returned to certain normalcy. Salam Rajen Singh also accused the article of instigating the people to revolt against the Government, to bring communal disharmony, to create enmity between the communities, to create mistrust among his cabinet colleagues and MLAs and defame him.

Apart from mentioning “Thingkho le Malcha” newsletter and KSO President/Secretary, the complainant also accused Benjamin Mate, a well-known Kuki person, for his alleged role in instigating to worsen the communal flare-up. The complaint statement alleged that Benjamin Mate was a well known hater of the Chief Minister, N. Biren Singh, and his “X” account (formerly Twitter) had uploaded one group photo of Chief Minister, N. Biren Singh and three others which include Kumarjit Laishram who was recently shot at in the knee in connection with flesh trade.

It is to be noted here that the FIR lodged against the KSO Bulletin and others is ridiculous, subject to contemptuous and dismissive behaviour on the part of the Meiteis’ and their narcissistic Chief Minister N. Biren Singh. Since the beginning of the ongoing ethnic violence on May 3, 2023, the Meiteis have resorted to police complaints against Kuki leaders, intellectuals, research scholars or sympathizers who speak truth about the nature of the state-sponsored ethnic cleansing pogrom. They have used FIR as the best method of silencing the Kukis and like-minded people from speaking out the inhuman treatment and war crimes committed on the Kuks by the fascist regime and its radicalised armed groups of Arambai Tenggol, Meitei Leepun and proscribed Valley-Based Insurgent Groups.

While serious police cases of crimes against humanity committed by the insane Meiteis on Kukis still lay unexplored, the Meiteis resort to unrestrained police complaints against Kukis arbitrarily. It shows the jealousy, hypocrisy and sanctimony of the Meiteis who orchestrated the ethnic pogrom for their lust of grabbing the Kukis’ ancestral land and freedom.

The Meiteis must realise that no matter how hard they try to implicate the Kukis in falsehoods, the Kukis will not back down under the Meiteis’ hegemonic power over the minority communities. The KSO Bulletin (Thingkho le Malcha) will continue to speak and spread truthfulness over the Meiteis’ false and unfounded propaganda until the demand for separate administration is fulfilled. The Bulletin/ Newsletter will continue to inform and disseminate the Meiteis’ perpetrated crimes against Kukis, and will counter all false narratives created by them against the Kukis.