Kuki Civic Action Committee says All-Naga Students’ Association, Manipur tried to stop life-saving care for three Kuki civilians injured in 15 June NSCN-IM bomb attack at L. Munlui; KCAC says RIMS is not private property and blocking treatment violates Geneva Conventions.
By: Kimbawinu Vaiphei, Kukiland Express
Songpi, 16 June 2026: The Kuki Civic Action Committee on 15 June 2026 strongly condemned what it called an attempt by the All-Naga Students’ Association, Manipur to obstruct medical treatment of three Kuki civilians injured in a bomb attack carried out by the NSCN-IM at L. Munlui village the same day.
In a press statement Ref. No. KCAC/PR-13/06/26, KCAC Chief Co-ordinator Jacob Lenminthang Thadou said the reported move to oppose treatment at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal, was “not merely inhuman” but “a renewed attempt on their lives.”
“What the attackers failed to accomplish at L. Munlui must not be allowed to be completed through medical obstruction at a hospital,” the statement said.
15 June L. Munlui Bomb Attack
According to KCAC, the NSCN-IM carried out a bomb attack on 15 June 2026 at L. Munlui, a Kuki village located between Leilon Vaiphei Village and Konsakhul Village. Three Kuki civilians were injured and needed emergency care at RIMS, Imphal.
KCAC said ANSAM attempted to “obstruct and oppose the life-saving medical treatment” of the victims.
RIMS ‘not private property of any student body
The Committee stated that RIMS, Imphal, “is not the private property of any student body, tribe, pressure group, or community organisation.” It added that RIMS is a public medical institution under the Government of India established to serve human life without discrimination.
“No organisation has the moral, legal, or constitutional authority to decide who deserves treatment and who should be left to die,” KCAC said.
Geneva Conventions cited
KCAC reminded ANSAM and all concerned that the right to medical treatment is protected by “principles of humanity, medical ethics, constitutional morality, and international humanitarian norms.”
The statement said the Geneva Conventions and principles of international humanitarian law “clearly affirm that the wounded and sick must be collected, protected, and cared for without adverse distinction.” It called interference with emergency medical treatment “a grave assault on human dignity and the sanctity of life.”
KCAC on ‘political actors
The Committee said a “handful of organisations and political actors in Manipur, who at one moment claim Naga identity and at another moment claim brotherhood with the Meiteis for political convenience, have badly tarnished the image of the true Nagas.”
“The Kuki people know that the true Nagas are peace-loving, God-fearing, and sincere Christians,” it said.
Hospital not a battlefield
KCAC said the Kuki people “will not accept a situation where our civilians are bombed in their villages and then denied treatment in hospitals.”
“Such barbarity has no place in a civilised society, no place under the Constitution of India,” the statement said. It concluded: “A hospital is not a battlefield. A patient not an enemy and a doctor not a political agent.”
