Professionals demand suspension of officials suppressing people’s movement

May 21, 2006
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Representatives of the Professional Alliance for Peace and Democracy (PAPAD) have urged the probe commission formed to investigate the atrocities committed to suppress people’s movement to suspend all officials involved in it.

They made the request during the meeting of the representatives of PAPAD with the officials of the commission on Sunday.

Talking to Nepalnews after the meeting, president of Federation of Nepalese Journalists, Bishnu Nisthuri, informed that they recommended to take immediate action against officials involved in suppressing the people’s movement.

He said, “We have expressed dissatisfaction over continuation of jobs by officials who suppressed people in Jana Andolan, and urged the Commission to immediately recommend to suspend them.”

The Commission was also cautioned that their report should not go unnoticed as of the Mallik Commission, he added. He quoted officials of the commission as saying that they will recommend action against those found guilty.

The commission officials urged the heads of professional organisations to give evidence and documents to the commission if they have any. We also expressed our readiness to provide assistance to the commission in its investigation work, Nisthuri added.

The government arrested five former ministers on the recommendation of the commission in the charge of holding secret meetings to thwart the people’s movement.

The government also suspended Chiefs of the Nepal Police, Armed Police Force and National Investigation Department on the recommendation of the Rayamajhi commission.