NSCN (I-M) Ao region has withdrawn the statement published on October 1 in this daily under the headline “Ao Region informs” which was issued by Ao Naga National Workers civil authority through Central Administrative Officer (CAO), Ao region. In a press release, CAO caretaker, Ao region and deputy kilonser chaplee ‘Maj. Rtd’ Maong Ozukum informed that the CAO Ao region office and civil authority “acknowledges the discrepancy in the said items. Therefore, the said contents of the news item shall be deemed to be withdrawn”.
