The Korea Times
In a bold move, former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and a former home minister were arrested for the human and material damage caused during the Gen Z protests last September. Both politicians are likely to be charged under provisions carrying a maximum prison sentence of up to 10 years. The report also recommended action against dozens of other officials including Chandra Kuber Khapung, who was police chief at the time. The arrests come after the newly formed government under rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah, widely known as Balen, decided to implement the report prepared by the probe commission led by former Special Court Chair Gauri Bahadur Karki. The immediate test for Shah as an instrument of change was implementing the findings of the Karki Commission, formed to investigate the killings and property damage during the protests that left 77 people dead and many injured. The first cabinet meeting has shown positive signs in this regard. Shah was sworn in as prime minister on Friday after his party secured a landslide victory in the country’s first election since last year’
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