Muivah gets one year jail term

BANGKOK, FEB. 3. A Thai court jailed Mr. Thuingaleng Muivah, general secretary of the outlawed National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM) for a year after he was convicted of using fake documents, court officials said today.

Muivah, 66, was jailed after he was nabbed at Sanqkhla airport in southern Thailand while trying to board a Singapore-bound flight with a fake passport.

Muivah had been arrested on the same charge while travelling on a fake south Korean passport on January 19 but jumped bail.

The NSCN has held several rounds of peace talks with the Government since the ceasefire came into force, with the last meeting taking place in Bangkok in November.

- AFP

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