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| Kathmandu, Tuesday December 31, 2002 Paush 16, 2059. |
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Make
compensation public
This is in reference to
the news story entitled: "Five killed in Nuwakot are innocent: RNA", dated 27,
2002, TKP. RNA has admitted the crime it had committed last month shooting innocent
villagers mostly children. But it dismissed other similar crimes, citing subjective
examples, that would have naturally undermined the RNA role in containing the Maoist
insurgency.
But the compensation
sought by the families of the Nuwakot incident has not been brought to public. Obviously,
army is not meant for killing innocent people, as Colonel Deepak Gurung said. They are
meant for providing security to the people of this country. There have been accidental
shoot-outs where innocent people were killed either in search operations or incidents
similar to that of Nuwakot. But has the RNA really probed such incidents objectively? If
the people killed are found innocent, what sorts of compensations does the government
provide them? It is high time the government made provisions for compensation public. I
think transparency is a must in democracy.
Ishwor Sharma
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