Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, September 11, 2009:
Kuki Students' Organisation (KSO), Imphal has appealed to all the Kuki community in Imphal to observe September 13 as Black Day (Sahnit Ni) as usual in remembrance of the departed souls who sacrificed their lives for the protection of their villages and hands during the NSCN (IM) led ethnic cleansing drive of the last decade.
In a statement, general secretary of the student body Seiboi Haokip appealed to the people to hoist black flag in every households to show solidarity and observed the day as Day of Prayer to Almighty God to restore normalcy and rehabilitation of the displaced Kuki people on their own land, unity within the community, restoration of peace and integrity and mutual respect among different communities.