The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has said that it has started probing the case of journalists taking money from the state coffers during the royal regime.

NC president Girija Prasad Koirala

Chief Commissioner of the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) Surya Nath Upadhyay
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Speaking at a meeting of the State Affairs Committee of the parliament, Chief Commissioner of the CIAA, Surya Nath Upadhyay said the commission has received the files of 14 journalists from the communications ministry and was working on them.

Stating that the CIAA had been shadowed by setting up the Royal Commission for Corruption Control during the previous regime, Upadhaya said that the Commission was compelled to be inactive during those days.

The State Affairs Committee also requested Upadhyaya to make available a report prepared by the CIAA on the cooperation extended by regional and international bodies in various projects.