Tuesday 11 December 2012

Nepal’s Maoist chief pays for bail of man who slapped him

Ordinary Nepalis getting fed up with lack of government and governance.

What did Nepal get by leaving monarchy and moving into Maoism?


KATHMANDU: The leader of Nepal’s ruling Maoists put up the bail money on Tuesday to free a young chef who is awaiting trial for slapping him in the face, the party said.

Padam Kunwar, 25, had been behind bars since his arrest a month ago for assaulting Pushpa Kamal Dahal — and smashing the former revolutionary’s glasses — at a tea reception in Kathmandu. Kunwar, a former party member turned chef at a five-star hotel in the capital, was hailed as a hero for his actions by a large section of Nepalis growing increasingly frustrated by their political leaders. He was sent from police custody to a Kathmandu jail on Monday after failing to post his 28,000-rupee ($515) bail, with his family saying they were too poor to stump up the cash.

“Our party chairman has sent his aide to deposit the money and bail him out,” Dahal’s spokesman Chudamani Khadka said.

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