Till the late 1980s, China also provided support to the organisation. Muivah was in Karachi before being arrested in Bangkok. This provides an indication of the ISI s support network in the region. Towards the end of World War II, the retreating Japanese army left behind dumps of arms and ammunition in Nagaland, which at a later period was used by the insurgents against the security forces. The erstwhile East Pakistan had also trained a large number of Naga insurgents and had provided them money and arms.
Weapons are widely available in the region in the black markets.
Some of them have been stolen from the Indian security forces. Apart from that, I. Shimre is another top leader who was arrested along with Muivah. Hungshi is the press and publicity secretary of the organisation. However, organisations such as Other Media in New Delhi publish materials sympathetic to their cause.