Kohima: Veteran separatist Naga leader Khango Konyak will take over as the new chief of Myanmar-based National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K) following the demise of S.S. Khaplang, a source close to the outfit said on Saturday.
However, no official announcement has been made from the NSCN-K yet on the appointment of a new chairman.
Khaplang died at the NSCN-K Council Headquarters in Taga in Myanmar’s Sagaing Division on Friday night. The Centre had in November 2015 declared the NSCN-K, all its formations and front organisations as terrorist organisations under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. Konyak, who held the rank of Lieutenant General in the Naga Army — the armed wing of the NSCN-K, was elected as vice chairman of NSCN-K in 2011. He had undergone guerrilla warfare training in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and in China.
Apart from military services, Konyak had held the post of chairman, Konyak Region.
Meanwhile, NSCN-IM general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah and ULFA-I Chairman Abhizeet Asom have condoled the death of Khaplang. (IANS)
