Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 17 2009:
While regretting frequent harassment meted against Kuki brethren the Kom tribe settled in Thayong area of Sadar Hills and serving extortion notes to the Kom people by some UG groups who are signatory to the SoO the united Kuki Liberation Front (UKLF) asked the UG groups concerned to immediate stop such activities with immediate effect.
A statement issued by the newly appointed information and publicity secretary TL jacob Thadou outrightly pointed out that UKLF had been striving for re-unification of all Kuki tribes and called upon the Kom community to specify the particular UG group that had been targeting the Koms rather than smear all Kuki armed groups.
Calling upon all Kuki UG groups to refrain from harassing the Kom community, Jacob also urged these groups against utilising weapons to threaten or harass 'our own people' as such intention is detrimental to the spirit and endeavour for re-unification among the Kuki tribes.
Further asking the Kom community to tread cautiously so as to ensure all outstanding issues do not involve intervention or interference by other community as such problem could be mutually resolved within the Kuki community, jacob also added 'UKLF with a contending ideology of re-unification among the Kuki community, the signatory of ceasefire with the Centre, State and the Kuki UG (UPF) & (KNO) group proved that there is no such other community except Kuki community'.