Two Finnish forensic experts are visiting Nepal early February to investigate suspected burial or cremation site of civilians who disappeared during the decade-long Maoist insurgency, news reports said.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) had in December found a site with half-burnt logs, partially buried pieces of clothes and plastic bags on a forested slope in the army-protected Shivapuri National Park at the outskirts of Kathmandu.

The Finnish government is sending Professors Helena Ranta of the University of Helsinki and Pekka Saukko from the University of Turku on Feb. 4 to Shivapuri for two weeks to carry out preliminary investigations on the request of the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR), Reuters news agency said.

A team of Nepali experts led by Dr Harihar Wasti has been carrying out an investigation at the site since December 19. nepalnews.com ag Feb 01 08