Chinese 'spy' did not visit Hebron, say Nagaland cops

DIMAPUR: Mystery shrouds the visit of a Chinese woman found "spying" on India and visiting the NSCN (IM) heaquarters during her visit to Dimapur.

While reports indicate that Qing Wang (38) had visited Hebron, the headquarters of NSCN (IM) during her visit to Dimapur, police have a completely different tale to tell. SP (Dimapur) Z Mero said the Chinese woman was intercepted at Dimapur railway station at 4.30 pm on January 18 after she reached there with some Naga boys and girls from New Delhi. She was immediately taken into custody as she did not possess the RAP. She, however, had visa and passport with her.

Mero said Wang was detained and kept at a police mess at Chumukedima. On January 19, she was deported to Kolkata escorted by a woman police officer, he added. Replying to a query whether Wang visited Hebron camp as reported earlier, Mero said the question doesn't arise as she was arrested from Dimapur railway station and deported the next day. The SP added that though RAP has been lifted in Nagaland, it is still applicable for citizens of China and Pakistan. Earlier, there were reports that Wang had a 4-hour meeting with NSCN (IM) general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah in New Delhi and that she came to Dimapur along with some Naga youths and NSCN cadres later. It was reported that she also visited Hebron camp, some 35 km from Dimapur.

Mero said police had specific inputs about a Chinese girl travelling to Nagaland without an RAP and accordingly they intercepted her when she landed at Dimapur Railway Station along with some Naga boys and girls. Replying to a query, the SP said, "We don't know whether she is a spy. We only knew that she was a Chinese national."