Nomtoibayar Nyamtaishir, a young politician has been wrongfully accused, illegally detained and politically sentenced on July 6th, 2020.

Nomtoibayar, 41 has been elected as a Member of the Parliament and sat as a lawmaker for two consecutive terms from 2012 until 2020. During his second tenure, he was appointed as a Minister of Labor and Social Protection from 2016 until 2017. When public scandal erupted of elected members of parliament and some cabinet members abusing power and misusing public funds with a way of manipulating the system, Nomtoibayar spoke against his fellow members and demanded justice. Unfortunately, in 2020 the system went against him and wrongfully accused him of abusing power while he was Minister. This allegation had no grounds and was left aside until he declared his independent run for the 2020 parliamentary election. The alleged case progressed at a speed of light in a period of two weeks making it to the Preliminary Court of the local district. Three days after he received his official permission to campaign from the Election Committee he was unlawfully detained. To this date no official records indicate justification of his imprisonment. The Preliminary Court has scheduled his court date two days after official election day. Due to his illegal incarceration he was unable to campaign physically. This was just a beginning for those who wanted him to be out of politics. On July 6th, after four days of trial without legal representation Nomtoibayar was sentenced 5 years 5 months of abusing power with NO monetary loss by the state.