The five Burmese immigrants listed in the note were accused of involvement in drugs and arms smuggling despite the Central Youth Mizo Association's (CYMA) war against drugs in Mizoram state, India. The organization set Aug. 15 as a deadline for them to leave Mizoram. If they do not follow the instruction, the letter said, they will turn on "the stove of hell."

The Burmese immigrants listed in the letter are Sangthuama, former president of Lai Christian Fellowship; Vancheuva; Luaitea; Sangtea and S.T. Thiauva, former editor of the Champhai Daily News "Chhawkhlei".

The MMMMMTV also ordered Vanramchhungi, director of the Human Rights& Law Network to stop defending drug peddlers. Moreover, the letter alleged she was a drug dealer and received funds through and for the sake of other people and organizations.

According to the letter, some religious leaders from Lai Baptist Church are suspected of involvement in drug dealing and had encouraged the congregation at a service June 5 to seriously consider making money by any means.

The MTV also vowed to take severe action against those suspected of participating in drug dealing and assumed that social unrest in Mizoram is due to the misdeeds of Burmese immigrants. But some observers in Mizoram mistrust the activities of the MTV as masterminded by state politicians and believe all the commotion is a tactic to force back foreigners (the majority of them Burmese) from Mizoram.

Even as the public strongly advocated the anti-drug campaign initiated by the CYMA, their methods of attacking alleged drug peddlers has bagged a handful of critics among human rights activists and some scholars.

The MTV, believed to be the covert group of the CYMA, is an underground organization publicly well-known for physically harassing accused drug dealers, some of whom have died during interrogation by the so-called anti-drug group. KNG