Mon, April 7 -- Longwa, a rich cultural heritage village located on the Indo-Indo-Myanmar border, is one of the major villages in the Mon district of the Konyak Naga tribe in Nagaland. While the village is home to about 6,000 people living on both sides of the border, they have maintained a peaceful relationship until the decision made by the Government of India on scrapping the Free Movement Regime and Border Fence along the Indo-Myanmar border tensed the situation at Longwa.

49-year-old Tonyei Phawang, who is the Tribal Chief Angh of Longwa Village, and the 10th generation from the lineage dating back to the early 1970s during his forefather's time, said the decision on the Free Movement Regime and Border Fence was painful.

Speaking t...