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| Kathmandu, Wednesday March 19, 2003 Chaitra 05, 2059. |
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Several skeletons may tumble
out of cupboard
Post Report
KATHMANDU, March 18 : Judicial Inquiry
Commission on Property (JICP) today submitted its report to the king suggesting strong
action against some 2,000 officials, for their alleged involvement in amassing illegal
assets.
The 878-page long report prepared by JICP during
its one-year term, which points fingers at scores of politicians and government office
bearers, was submitted to the king at Narayanhity Royal Palace and immediately handed over
to the Prime Minister for necessary action.
The commission, which was formed by the king
last year with a mandate to acquire details on the property of the government officials in
the last twelve years, probe into the sources of their property, prepare details of
unsubstantiated property and recommend necessary action, had investigated into the
property of 30,594 individuals.
"We have strongly recommended for necessary
actions against the officials who were identified as amassing illegal property during
their period of service," said Bhairab Prasad Lamsal, chairman of the commission.
Lamsal said that the JICP has made history in
Nepal by documenting the property details on all the government service holders for the
first time in Nepal. "The report may be of multi-dimensional usage and can be
interpreted through different angles."
Member of the JICP, Gyaindra Bahadur Shrestha
said the names of the officials identified as having illegal assets have been enlisted in
a 262-page index but declined to expose the names of those included in the black list.
"It will be violation of the right to
property envisioned in the constitution if we exposed the names included in the list of
people having illegal property," said chairman Lamsal. According to sources, JICP has
prepared files of all individuals in alphabetical orders separate for all the ranks and
units of the government service as well as politicians.
"There is clear details in the report, on
the personnel who acquired illegal property with the amount that failed to show up in
their legal sources of income," said the source.
He said the list of the government employees and
the politicians is made on rank-basis with a view to find the file within seconds if
required. "We have also prepared 13 comparative charts to show the trends of amassing
illegal assets, Lamsal said.
The cabinet meeting held today comprehensively
deliberated whether to hand over the report to the Commission for the Investigation of
Abuse of Authority (CIAA) in toto, but failed to arrive at a consensus.
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