Kohima, Feb. 5 -- Hundreds of people from the Konyak community staged a series of protest rallies at multiple locations in Mon, Nagaland against the proposed border fencing and the scrapping of the Free Movement Regime (FMR) by the Government of India along the Indo-Myanmar border.

The protesters, led by the Konyak Union (KU) stated that the move would divide indigenous communities living on both sides of the border and disrupt their traditional way of life.

Placards and banners displayed during the rally conveyed messages such as "Free movement inside our Konyak territory is outright, don't snuff it out!" and "Walls create hatred, not security".

In a representation to Nagaland Governor La Ganesan, the KU appealed for his intervention ...