Mokokchung, 19 April (MTNews): The Mokokchung Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) has reiterated that collection of donations, taxation or any form of transaction that is not permissible by law, where its members are coerced or victimized, shall not be tolerated and that the members of the business community under the ambits of MCCI shall not entertain them whatsoever.
MCCI in a press release informed that some cadres and functionaries of various Naga nationalist groups are demanding money from members of the business community in Mokokchung town. Multiple groups/factions have made the demands during the last few days, it said.
Saying that Mokokchung town is the most peaceful major urban center in Nagaland, MCCI said “this hard earned peace is too dear to us to be trampled on by some devious elements.” MCCI also said that it would bode well for those groups trying to extort from the business community of Mokokchung town to immediately cease and desist.
The MCCI further directed the members of the business community to report to the MCCI office of movements of any suspected extortionists in the market immediately. “Any member of the business community entertaining such unwanted elements by ignoring the call of the MCCI office shall be doing so at their own risk,” it added.
