CIAA seeks suspension of RNAC chief

January 12, 2001
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Kathmandu, Jan. 12 :  The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority today wrote to the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation about its decision to suspend executive chairman of Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation Hari Bhakta Shrestha.

According to a communique published by the commission, it has decided to suspend Shrestha under the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority Act 2048 article l9 (3) as it was deemed possible that if a person against whom action is under way on an accusation of corruption remains in his post, evidence prejudicial to him might vanish or be destroyed and investigations might be hampered.

It is also pointed out that there was lack of clarity in the statement made by the RNAC executive chairman at the commission in the course of investigations into complaints that irregularities and corruption had taken place during the leasing of the Lauda Air airplane, and in many important provisions of the agreement reached with Lauda Air.