Speaking at the premiere of a documentary 'Rambuai' (Mizoram's trouble years) in Aizawl, Lal Thanhawla said a junior officer in the Army could execute "jungle rule" under the Act.
He said grouping of hundreds of villages during the insurgency days in Mizoram into bigger villages known as Protective and Progressive Villages (PPVs) was not progressive as people were herded as cattle to a new place where they lived miserably.
"Mizoram should know about its past and history, about insurgency and there should be records on the phase of the Mizo people's history," the Chief Minister said.
Lal Thanhawla also released a book entitled 'After Decades of Silence: Voices from Mizoram' authored by Prof. Margaret Ch Zama of the Mizoram University and Dr C Lalawmpuia Vanchiau, on the occasion.