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| Nepali kanchi |
Posted
on 08-Sep-02 01:18 AM
BBC --- South Asia
Sunday, 8 September, 2002, 04:17 GMT 05:17 UK
Maoists kill 40 police in Nepal
The police have suffered heavy losses
Maoist rebels have killed at least 40 policemen in an attack on a remote post in Nepal.
The attack took place early on Sunday in a village in Sindhuli district, 160km (100 miles) south-east of the capital, Kathmandu.
""We have reports of 40 policemen dead and 15 wounded," said Junior Interior Minister Devendra Raj Kandel.
This was the first significant attack since a nine-month state of emergency was lifted 10 days ago.
However, there have been a number of explosions in Kathmandu.
Night raid
The rebels launched their attack in the middle of the night, a common tactic in such assaults.
The first indication of the attack came when police officials said they had lost contact with the outpost at Bhimad, after what they described as a major assault.
They said hundreds of rebels had taken part in the attack and had blocked approaches to the town, delaying the arrival of police reinforcements.
There were reportedly 70 police in the station at the time.
The survivors apparently fled into dense jungle surrounding the village.
More than 4,000 people have been killed in the six-year insurgency, which seeks to replace the monarchy with a Communist state.
The government has said that elections will be held in November.
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| Nepali kanchi |
Posted
on 08-Sep-02 01:19 AM
oops sorry i posted without looking, the news is already out on Sajha!
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| WORD |
Posted
on 08-Sep-02 10:48 PM
can't post new thread right now, so i'm using this one. just received this, but haven't checked it out myself:
Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2002 22:27:41 -0700
From: Ben Parks
To: ptet@directcon.net
Subject: WORLD WIDE ALERT : Nepali going to trial September 17 (h-m)
Hello Sept. 8, 2002 @ 11:10 am in
Kathmandu
This is the first of several messages to be
broadcast to everyone on my mail list.
It concerns the upcoming , September 19, trial
of Hari Bahadur Gurung and Pore Ghale.
They are currently prisoners at Klong Prem Prison
in Bangkok.
They have been framed in a drug deal of 7.5 Kg of
heroin.
Without immediate legal support they will most
surely get the death penalty.
I will provide briefs on their cases in a few
hours.
All of you must contact the Ministry of Foreign
affairs in Kathmandu
and ALL Nepal embassy staff in Bangkok and the
USA.
Urge their immediate support and intervention.
It is stupid and careless to have Nepali citizens
get the death penalty when they are innocent.
The case of Ang Kami Lama is also very close as
this is the one year anniversary of his arrest.
I will also provide a brief on his case in a few
hours.
Additional postings will be made to:
PTET-Nepal Committee in KTM
soc.culture.nepal
GBNC
global Nepali student networks.
We lost the opportunity to provide support for
Arun Kumar Tamang, on July 15
He went to his final appeal without any support or
legal consul.
His LIFE sentence was sustained.
This is really a tragedy and disgrace.
Thank you for your kind attention.
Please stand-by for the details.
Ben Parks,
PTET-Nepal Committee, USA.
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Posted
on 08-Sep-02 11:38 PM
i'll move this back up top for a while.
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Posted
on 09-Sep-02 08:26 AM
here it is again
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