Bangladesh Prime Minister was rightSinister plans are afoot to create a Christian State of ‘Zo’ people in South Asia
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Jaideep Mazumdar (Courtesy Swarajya)
Contd from previous issue
Larger Game Plan
For now, none of the Kuki-Chin-Zo groups outside Mizoram are asking for a separate, unified ‘Zogam’ or a Zo homeland.
"The Kuki-Chins in Manipur are only demanding a separate State for now. They have built a narrative that they cannot co-exist with the Meiteis under a single administrative umbrella (the Manipur State). The Kuki-Chins have been working towards this goal in a very sinister fashion. They have got tens of thousands of Chins from neighbouring Myanmar to illegally enter Manipur and settle down in the State, thus boosting the Kuki-Chin population of the State exponentially. And now, when their numbers have swelled, they are demanding a separate State," said a senior officer of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) who did not want to be named, for obvious reasons.
The ongoing ethnic strife in Manipur was triggered by the Kukis with the objective of creating an ethnic divide in order to strengthen their narrative that they are an exploited and persecuted lot and cannot stay with the Meiteis in Manipur.
It must be remembered here that it was the Kukis who launched brutal attacks on Meiteis in Kuki-dominated Churachandpur district on 3 May last year, knowing fully well that their action would trigger a backlash against Kukis in Meitei-dominated Imphal Valley.
"The Kuki groups wanted an exodus of Kukis from Imphal Valley and the creation of an ethnic divide with Meiteis. They have been successful," said the IB officer.
As mentioned earlier, for the time being, the Kukis in Manipur only want a separate state. However, conversations with Kuki leaders and intelligence reports suggest that the next step would be the integration of such a ‘Kuki’ state with Mizoram.
The Chins in Myanmar are also demanding autonomy, not a separate country, for now. A demand for secession from Myanmar and independence, they are well aware, will alienate other ethnic groups and also invite opposition from China, which does not want balkanisation of Myanmar.
That is why the Chins of Myanmar are treading carefully and demanding only autonomy. But this, say experts, is only temporary.
Final Push, As Happened With East Timor
East Timor, or Timor-Leste as it is officially called, was under Portuguese occupation for 206 years, from 1769 to 1975. The Portuguese colonists were driven away by Indonesia in 1975. But by that time, the Portuguese had succeeded in
converting all the people of the eastern part of the island to Christianity through allurements or brute force.
After being forced to leave East Timor, Portugal and some other Christian Nations started encouraging dissidence against Indonesia and even sponsored a full-blown civil war. Portugal and these Christian Nations supported Chrisitian militias, namely the Revolutionary Front, for an Independent East Timor (commonly known as ‘Fretilin’, the acronym of its Portuguese name) in East Timor to create unrest.
The unrest and insurgency fuelled a crackdown by Indonesian forces. And as happens with such crackdowns on insurgency, the Indonesian forces committed excesses that were then leveraged by the Christian East Timorians to create a narrative that they were being persecuted because of their faith by Muslim-majority Indonesia.
The conflict intensified, and that triggered demands for independence. The US, which had earlier supported Indonesia,
withdrew support for Jakarta in 1991 after Indonesian troops killed an estimated 200 violent demonstrators.
The withdrawal of US support led to the downfall of President Suharto. His successor, BJ Habibie, was forced to agree (by the US, Australia, and other Christian Nations) to a proposal for a plebiscite in East Timor.
A large majority of the Christians voted for independence in August 1999, and this led to intense clashes between the Fretilin and East Timorese militias who preferred to remain with Indonesia.
Indonesia was again forced to allow a United Nations (UN) Peacekeeping Force to restore order and maintain peace. The UN also took over the administration of East Timor later that year.
After months of strife, the first democratic elections were held under UN supervision in East Timor in August 2001. On 20 May 2002, East Timor was formally recognised as an independent Nation by the US and other Western countries, as well as by the UN.
The Portuguese tried the same tactics in Goa, but were unsuccessful because they had failed to convert a majority of Goans to Chrisitianity, and also because Sardar Patel had foiled their plans.
Drugs And Arms Trafficking
The Kuki-Chin militant and terror groups in Myanmar, Manipur, and Chittagong share close fraternal ties, and are working in unison towards the common objective of creating a Chritian ‘Zo’ country.
All these groups are involved in the cultivation of opium and trafficking drugs, including synthetic drugs, from Myanmar and Manipur through Mizoram and Bangladesh.
Drug production and trafficking is the biggest source of revenue for the Kuki-Chin terror groups, say intelligence agencies. The astronomical proceeds from this is enabling these terror groups to stockpile weapons.
The overground frontal organisations of these terror groups are also flush with funds, thus allowing them to easily create and drive false narratives in the national and global media, including social media, about the persecution of Christian Kuki-Chin-Zo people by Hindu Meiteis, the Buddhist Myanmarese regime, Buddhist Chakmas, and Islamic Bangladesh.
But projecting themselves as a highly persecuted lot due to their faith and ethnicity in India, Myanmar, and Bangladesh, the Kuki-Chin-Zo people are building a narrative in favour of the creation of a ‘Zo’ country.
If things go according to their plan, the contiguous areas of India, Myanmar, and Bangladesh that are inhabited by the ‘Zo’ people will see a sudden and sharp spike in violence, as well as counter-violence.
This, the Kuki-Chin-Zo people hope, will invoke intervention by the US and other Western powers.
Hasina was right in sounding the alarm about this audacious and sinister plan to carve out a Christian country in South Asia. By doing so, she has succeeded in making the intelligence agencies of India and Bangladesh realise the need for synergy to defeat this game plan in a coordinated manner.
Swarajya
Contd from previous issue
Larger Game Plan
For now, none of the Kuki-Chin-Zo groups outside Mizoram are asking for a separate, unified ‘Zogam’ or a Zo homeland.
"The Kuki-Chins in Manipur are only demanding a separate State for now. They have built a narrative that they cannot co-exist with the Meiteis under a single administrative umbrella (the Manipur State). The Kuki-Chins have been working towards this goal in a very sinister fashion. They have got tens of thousands of Chins from neighbouring Myanmar to illegally enter Manipur and settle down in the State, thus boosting the Kuki-Chin population of the State exponentially. And now, when their numbers have swelled, they are demanding a separate State," said a senior officer of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) who did not want to be named, for obvious reasons.
The ongoing ethnic strife in Manipur was triggered by the Kukis with the objective of creating an ethnic divide in order to strengthen their narrative that they are an exploited and persecuted lot and cannot stay with the Meiteis in Manipur.
It must be remembered here that it was the Kukis who launched brutal attacks on Meiteis in Kuki-dominated Churachandpur district on 3 May last year, knowing fully well that their action would trigger a backlash against Kukis in Meitei-dominated Imphal Valley.
"The Kuki groups wanted an exodus of Kukis from Imphal Valley and the creation of an ethnic divide with Meiteis. They have been successful," said the IB officer.
As mentioned earlier, for the time being, the Kukis in Manipur only want a separate state. However, conversations with Kuki leaders and intelligence reports suggest that the next step would be the integration of such a ‘Kuki’ state with Mizoram.
The Chins in Myanmar are also demanding autonomy, not a separate country, for now. A demand for secession from Myanmar and independence, they are well aware, will alienate other ethnic groups and also invite opposition from China, which does not want balkanisation of Myanmar.
That is why the Chins of Myanmar are treading carefully and demanding only autonomy. But this, say experts, is only temporary.
Final Push, As Happened With East Timor
East Timor, or Timor-Leste as it is officially called, was under Portuguese occupation for 206 years, from 1769 to 1975. The Portuguese colonists were driven away by Indonesia in 1975. But by that time, the Portuguese had succeeded in
converting all the people of the eastern part of the island to Christianity through allurements or brute force.
After being forced to leave East Timor, Portugal and some other Christian Nations started encouraging dissidence against Indonesia and even sponsored a full-blown civil war. Portugal and these Christian Nations supported Chrisitian militias, namely the Revolutionary Front, for an Independent East Timor (commonly known as ‘Fretilin’, the acronym of its Portuguese name) in East Timor to create unrest.
The unrest and insurgency fuelled a crackdown by Indonesian forces. And as happens with such crackdowns on insurgency, the Indonesian forces committed excesses that were then leveraged by the Christian East Timorians to create a narrative that they were being persecuted because of their faith by Muslim-majority Indonesia.
The conflict intensified, and that triggered demands for independence. The US, which had earlier supported Indonesia,
withdrew support for Jakarta in 1991 after Indonesian troops killed an estimated 200 violent demonstrators.
The withdrawal of US support led to the downfall of President Suharto. His successor, BJ Habibie, was forced to agree (by the US, Australia, and other Christian Nations) to a proposal for a plebiscite in East Timor.
A large majority of the Christians voted for independence in August 1999, and this led to intense clashes between the Fretilin and East Timorese militias who preferred to remain with Indonesia.
Indonesia was again forced to allow a United Nations (UN) Peacekeeping Force to restore order and maintain peace. The UN also took over the administration of East Timor later that year.
After months of strife, the first democratic elections were held under UN supervision in East Timor in August 2001. On 20 May 2002, East Timor was formally recognised as an independent Nation by the US and other Western countries, as well as by the UN.
The Portuguese tried the same tactics in Goa, but were unsuccessful because they had failed to convert a majority of Goans to Chrisitianity, and also because Sardar Patel had foiled their plans.
Drugs And Arms Trafficking
The Kuki-Chin militant and terror groups in Myanmar, Manipur, and Chittagong share close fraternal ties, and are working in unison towards the common objective of creating a Chritian ‘Zo’ country.
All these groups are involved in the cultivation of opium and trafficking drugs, including synthetic drugs, from Myanmar and Manipur through Mizoram and Bangladesh.
Drug production and trafficking is the biggest source of revenue for the Kuki-Chin terror groups, say intelligence agencies. The astronomical proceeds from this is enabling these terror groups to stockpile weapons.
The overground frontal organisations of these terror groups are also flush with funds, thus allowing them to easily create and drive false narratives in the national and global media, including social media, about the persecution of Christian Kuki-Chin-Zo people by Hindu Meiteis, the Buddhist Myanmarese regime, Buddhist Chakmas, and Islamic Bangladesh.
But projecting themselves as a highly persecuted lot due to their faith and ethnicity in India, Myanmar, and Bangladesh, the Kuki-Chin-Zo people are building a narrative in favour of the creation of a ‘Zo’ country.
If things go according to their plan, the contiguous areas of India, Myanmar, and Bangladesh that are inhabited by the ‘Zo’ people will see a sudden and sharp spike in violence, as well as counter-violence.
This, the Kuki-Chin-Zo people hope, will invoke intervention by the US and other Western powers.
Hasina was right in sounding the alarm about this audacious and sinister plan to carve out a Christian country in South Asia. By doing so, she has succeeded in making the intelligence agencies of India and Bangladesh realise the need for synergy to defeat this game plan in a coordinated manner.
Swarajya