Imphal, Aug. 29 -- The Kuki National Organisation (KNO), an umbrella body of several Kuki armed groups under the Suspension of Operations (SoO) agreement with the Government of India, has strongly criticised Manipur's Inner Manipur MP Bimol Akoijam for his remarks against the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) report on the two-year-long violence in the state.

KNO spokesperson Seilen Haokip said the PUCL tribunal, chaired by former Supreme Court judge Justice Kurian Joseph and comprising 14 members, was deliberately formed without local representation to ensure impartiality.

He said the report has been welcomed by the minority Kuki community as fair and just but was "predictably dismissed" by the MP representing the majority comm...