Khaplang's nephew elected as new Acting Chairman of NSCN-K
- Aug 18, 2018,
- Updated Aug 18, 2018, 1:43 AM IST
Kohima (Nagaland), Aug 17, 2018:
On Friday, Khango Konyak was removed from the post of chairman of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K) and founder chairman SS Khaplang’s nephew was elected as the new ‘acting chairman’.
The new acting chairman of the outfit, Yung Aung was elected by the Myanmar based NSCN-K members with a of majority of votes ‘unanimously’.
Following this, the outfit has stated that this step was taken to save the outfit from any further breakdown and confusion.
45 year old Yung Yang is said to be an expert in Martial Arts and polo who did his graduation in Manipur.
After Yung was elected, the outfit gave Khango a safe passage so that he can go anywhere without any ‘harm’. Khango Konyak has left the NSCN-K headquarters which is located in Myanmar’s Sagaing with few of his loyal men of Indian origin.