Haflong : In a Joint Statement of the Hmar Students’ Association (HSA) Assam Hills & Kuki Students’ Organisation (KSO) Assam strongly condemned defaming the whole Hmar and Kuki community of Dima Hasao and appealed to all, irrespective of communities, to work hard and try best to prevent the spreading of such vicious news which have potential to disrupt peace and tranquility in our present normalcy on Wednesday.

John Mark Pena, Lalrothan Vankal, President and General Secretary, Hmar Students’ Association, Assam Hills JHQ and Lalhaothang Haolai, David Changsan President and General Secretary , Kuki Students’ Organisation, Assam stated that while each and everyone, public leaders and administrators at national and at all level are burning their sweats, exhausted their time and energy in searching for ways to deescalate the immense damage cause by the ongoing unrest and turmoil to the humanity in general and the State of Manipur in particular, some people from the Meitei community in Assam always act in a distasteful behavior.

In spite of serious provocations on several occasions by issuing Press Release, instead of reacting to such kind of mischievous and immature behavior, we always maintain restrain and left to the discretion of the Authority of the State of Assam.

Hmar Students’ Association (HSA) Assam Hills & Kuki Students’ Organisation (KSO) Assam came to learn that one such provocation has again surfaced, spreading fake news and defaming Kuki and Hmar Community of Assam by a person named Bishal Khaidem in his Face book Post that Kuki and Hmar Tribes of Haflong, Dima Hasao, Assam are inspecting and looking for Meitei community who were travelling by train from Guwahati to Silchar.

The post had been doing round in social medias which create panic and anxiety among the public. Immediate action had been taken by Dima Hasao Police and already clarified the said Facebook post as fake.

The HSA and KSO thus strongly condemn such kind of spreading fake news and false information and his act of defaming the whole Hmar and Kuki community of Dima Hasao District. We appeal to all, irrespective of communities, we all must work hard and try our best to prevent the spreading of suchvicious news which have potential to disrupt peace and tranquility in our present normalcy.