In a particularly appallingaction, on January 16, 2006, United National Liberation Front (UNLF) and KCPmilitants went on rampage in the Lungthulien and Parbung villages ofChurachandpur District, raping 21 women of the Hmar tribe. The incident wasreported only in the first week of March, as the victims had chosen to remainsilent fearing reprisals from the militants. After prolonged demonstrations the stategovernment constituted the Justice S.P. Rajkhowa Commission to inquire into theincident. Irrespective of the findings of the Commission, however, bringing themilitants to justice remains outside the current capacities of the government.Continuing militant excesses underline this point, and reports on April 28indicated that atrocities by UNLF militants had forced about 200 Hmar tribalsfrom villages like Damdiai to flee into bordering Mizoram. Similar incidents ofmilitant atrocities have also been reported in the past from Lungthulien,Parbung, Taithu and Tualbung villages. Further, an unidentified militant outfitforced people out of three villages in Kangpokpi sub-division of SenapatiDistrict following a factional clash on April 23. Armed militants astridemotorcycles effected large-scale displacement from the Sipichang, Saitu andSonglung villages, located barely 70 kilometres away from the state capital,Imphal. A portion of National Highway 39, connecting Imphal to Kohima, thecapital of Nagaland, has been taken over by militants, who have declared a‘curfew’ in the area.