[Show all top banners]

jhapalithito
Replies to this thread:

More by jhapalithito
What people are reading
Subscribers
:: Subscribe
Back to: Kurakani General Refresh page to view new replies
 Nepal royals 'stole charity cash'
[VIEWED 3296 TIMES]
SAVE! for ease of future access.
Posted on 03-27-08 10:43 PM     Reply [Subscribe]
Login in to Rate this Post:     0       ?    
 

Nepal royals 'stole charity cash'
By Charles Haviland
BBC News, Kathmandu

A controversy has resurfaced in Nepal over one of the country's major nature conservation trusts.

An investigation has concluded that Nepal's royal family misused funds belonging to the charity.

The investigation committee said the royals spent large amounts of the trust's money on themselves, over a period of several years.

The report was written by Maoist former rebels, who are now in government, and who now control the trust.

'Lavish spending'

Nepal is home to the world's highest mountains and to a rich diversity of flora and fauna.

But much of the work to conserve them is embroiled in political controversy, thanks to a history of royal dictatorship mixed with communist insurgency.

The National Trust for Nature Conservation was until last year named in honour of a former king, Mahendra, and was chaired by Crown Prince Paras with his father, King Gyanendra, as patron.

An investigative committee has now concluded that the royals spent huge amounts of trust money on travels abroad, lavish parties, and health check-ups for Queen Komal in British clinics.

Its report said the royals were still using computers and cars that rightfully belonged to the trust.

In one notorious royal trip, the prince visited Austria and donated a pair of one-horned rhinos, an endangered species in Nepal, to a zoo.

Minimal expertise

While many Nepalis will find the report plausible, it has not come from an entirely objective source.

All three of its authors are Maoists, as the ministry which controls the conservation trust is now headed by a minister from the former rebel group.

A recent newspaper article alleged that the trust was now staffed with many Maoist supporters or activists who have minimal conservation expertise.

The article said some foreign donors were suspending their co-operation as a result.

The report on the trust's funds comes two weeks before elections to an assembly which is supposed to rubber-stamp the abolition of the 240-year-old monarchy.

The institution's popularity has fallen drastically since King Gyanendra's accession to the throne following the royal massacre of 2001.

source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7317597.stm


 
Posted on 03-28-08 10:49 AM     Reply [Subscribe]
Login in to Rate this Post:     0       ?    
 

I guess I believe the report to an extent.  It would not be much of an imagination that Royals have been stealing funds allocated for wildlife conservation.   But given that the report was authored by Maoists, I am having problems accepting it at face value.
 
Posted on 03-28-08 10:57 AM     Reply [Subscribe]
Login in to Rate this Post:     0       ?    
 

not shocked  
 
Posted on 03-28-08 11:15 AM     Reply [Subscribe]
Login in to Rate this Post:     0       ?    
 

This is unbelievable, but is a true fact. How can BBC become a messiah for maoist propoganda? This guy, called Charles Haviland knew it's a propoganda of Maoist as he stated somewhere in the news that "All three of its authors are Maoists, as the ministry which controls the conservation trust is now headed by a minister from the former rebel group. "

Ofcourse, the Nepal king seems to have more enemy than friends, both within and outside the country. My interpretation is that the present suffering for the monarchy is not due to his wrong doing, but due to lots of his die hard enemy. But, I challenge the Charles Haviland about his integrity on using such unprofessional words. You have crossed the threshold for ethics in journalism.


 
Posted on 03-28-08 12:44 PM     Reply [Subscribe]
Login in to Rate this Post:     0       ?    
 

The royals have now lost my respect. hehe
 
Posted on 03-28-08 1:21 PM     Reply [Subscribe]
Login in to Rate this Post:     0       ?    
 

I do not find the article credible enough to accept it.
 
Posted on 03-28-08 2:14 PM     Reply [Subscribe]
Login in to Rate this Post:     0       ?    
 

LOL this all cracks me Up....what about the decades of forign aid comming to Nepal where is it???....Explain all the Pazero Jeeps and Lavish Mansions of the Party Leaders and their Lavish Parties...their Kids studying abroad....Full paid tuition. EXPLAIN where did it go.......How come India the bribe giving country bags the uper karnali project while French Charity company refused to give charity but almost free eklectricity 100 times larger project was denied by the Girija government.......The french company was alredy given permission by the king ....Only to be stopped by the Girija and co after the king was sacked.. You expect The King to travel in Taxi???? and its Bad to Give those Rihnos to a better Zoo....where they will be better off then being in a war torn country?????..........If you can wont you take your family to be treated in abetter hospital???............Man from Jungle to judge the life of a king and to compare witha common man is not reelavant and justified....................compare the kings life with the leaders......Lets see that too..........why after the powerless king........BLAME THE KING FOR THE PIMPLE ON YOUR FUGGIN UGLY NOSE TOO..........its getting to point where the KING and his family has become a target of this political parties.....some say he is with the congress...some say he is a maoist supporter...some say he is with the Madesh movement..BLAH BLAH BLAH.........all freakin HEAR SAY....get a life
 


Please Log in! to be able to reply! If you don't have a login, please register here.

YOU CAN ALSO



IN ORDER TO POST!




Within last 90 days
Recommended Popular Threads Controvertial Threads
शीर्षक जे पनि हुन सक्छ।
NRN card pros and cons?
What are your first memories of when Nepal Television Began?
TPS Re-registration
Democrats are so sure Trump will win
Basnet or Basnyat ??
nrn citizenship
Sajha has turned into MAGATs nest
Nas and The Bokas: Coming to a Night Club near you
डीभी परेन भने खुसि हुनु होस् ! अमेरिकामाधेरै का श्रीमती अर्कैसँग पोइला गएका छन् !
3 most corrupt politicians in the world
if you are in USA illegally and ask for asylum it is legal
Top 10 Anti-vaxxers Who Got Owned by COVID
आज बाट तिहारको सेल सकियो
निगुरो थाहा छ ??
Why are democrats allowing hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants across the border
Poonam pandey - death or suicide?
ढ्याउ गर्दा दसैँको खसी गनाउच
Doctors dying suddenly or unexpectedly since the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines
काेराेना सङ्क्रमणबाट बच्न Immunity बढाउन के के खाने ?How to increase immunity against COVID - 19?
Nas and The Bokas: Coming to a Night Club near you
NOTE: The opinions here represent the opinions of the individual posters, and not of Sajha.com. It is not possible for sajha.com to monitor all the postings, since sajha.com merely seeks to provide a cyber location for discussing ideas and concerns related to Nepal and the Nepalis. Please send an email to admin@sajha.com using a valid email address if you want any posting to be considered for deletion. Your request will be handled on a one to one basis. Sajha.com is a service please don't abuse it. - Thanks.

Sajha.com Privacy Policy

Like us in Facebook!

↑ Back to Top
free counters