Nepal's ex-PM arrested over fatal protest crackdown
Nepal's former prime minister KP Sharma Oli has been arrested over his alleged involvement in a deadly crackdown on protests last year.
More than 70 people were killed, many of them protesters shot by police, during an uprising in September - which was sparked by a social media ban but fuelled by simmering anger over corruption and poor economic ...
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Steelman: The arrest of KP Sharma Oli and Ramesh Lekhak is a response to allegations of criminal negligence in connection with the deadly crackdown on protests last year. A panel appointed to investigate the unrest has recommended prosecution for their role in the incident.
Root Cause: The arrests are part of an ongoing power struggle within Nepalese politics, with Oli's critics using the violence during the protests as a means to ...
