A tribal from Churachandpur district, Lalchungnung, wants his daughters back

The problem of child trafficking and conscription of child soldiers has been going on in Manipur for a number of years.

In one incident, a minor boy, who was being taken to Myanmar for conscription as a child soldier was rescued by police commandos on Sunday. Two insurgents of Kanglei Yawol Kunna Lup were arrested, a police spokesman said on Tuesday. One woman cadre, Irani and another insurgent Jean Gora were intercepted at Pallel near the international border. They were going from Imphal to Myanmar along with the boy.

In another incident, eight minor boys were rescued from a Child Welfare centre in Churachandpur district. Insurgents had taken the boys to militant camps for recruiting as child soldiers.

In yet another incident, a tribal from Churachandpur district, Lalchungnung, has approached the Manipur Alliance for Child Rights to help bring his two daughters now stranded at Tamu, a Myanmarese town about 30 km from the international gate.

He said two touts from Moreh, Manipur's border town, had taken away his daughters on the promise that they would be employed at a home and that they would be given Rs 30,000 each. But they had left the girls in the hands of the agents in Myanmar after taking away the money. Now the Myanmarese agents demand that the money given as advance be returned.