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A different report on Nepal tragedy... |
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04 Jun 2001
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posted to an education list-serv, I found this story about Nepal. I ask anyone who knows more or knows about validity to add details... |
C is a former board member of the School of Living. She recently helped us with the logistics of supporting an alternative school in Nepal.
Dear Friends -
Today is a dark day in the history of the world and about to become darker.
Friday night the entire royal family of Nepal and their body guards were brutally murdered in cold blood at the regular friday night family gathering. ( this included the 9 month old princess) What has been reported as a family squabble with the crown prince killing everyone and then shooting himself , and even a gun going off by itself ( somehow killing 30+ people, some of whom were not in the same room?!) are outright lies. Immediately the royals were burned, much sooner than would be normal practice. The crown prince, the supposed killer, was made king while lying brain dead. Ironically, the king\'s brother, Gyanendra was out of town. At the same time his nephew, Paresh, a known murderer of at least 5 people(!) was in the place . So was the king\'s other brother Direndra, who has been living in London since 1990 and has been estranged from the royal family. Both brothers are criminals who have been involved with stealing and selling the antiquities of Nepal, drugs selling, and who knows what else. Both brothers vehemently were against democracy in Nepal and there was a huge fight between them all when King Birendra gave up the powers of the Monarchy in 1990 and declared a democracy for Nepal. It has long been known that Gyanendra has had a CIA link as well as ties to the government of India. What those connections are in this whole affair remains to be seen. There are no secrets in Nepal!
Since Saturday most people have known the prince was dead even though the official news was saying otherwise. People knew they were being lied to but they were in shock so the streets were fairly quiet for 2 days. But as early as saturday afternoon, crowds were gathering outside the palace and at the funeral chanting, \"Kill the criminals, Kill Gyandera. \" In the meantime, more and more inside news was leaking out and it was fast becoming clear that this was a carefully orchestrated plot by at least the 2 brothers and nephew to seize control of Nepal.
This morning, the prince was officially declared dead. One hour later, as I am writing this, Gyanendra has just been crowned king with full regalia, the Prime Minister and political leaders standing mutely by. Clearly this was all planned WELL in advance to be able to pull this off so quickly! And clearly the Prime Minister is either afraid to say anything or else is in collusion. And Paresh has already been sent to London for safety. I can hear the shouts of crowds in the street heading toward the palace. People are furious that Gyanendra, murderer of his own family and their king, has now been made king. And this anger has been building for a long time as a totally corrupt government has been running this country into the ground since the advent of \"democracy\" in 1990. The army is in the street along with hundreds of thousands of people, roads are closed, and no one knows what will happen. We fear a blood bath as Gyanendra now controls the army. The lastest report from a friend on the street is that tear gas is being fired into the crowds.
Democracy was struggling in Nepal, at best, but now it is sure to die a swift death.
Perhaps it doesn\'t matter to you what happens in this far away tiny country, so unrelated to your own lives. But at least you can know the truth and tell others so these people will not have died in vain. If you have a computer, go to Nepalnews.com.np and click on NepaliTimes - it is our most radical paper we have though we don\'t yet know if they will be brave enough to print the truth.
I have no idea will become of me and other foreigners here. Only time will tell. It\'s pretty frightening right now and hopefully they will not target us in their frustration but go after the real criminals now holding the power.
Please pass this on to others so the world knows what is really happening here, or at least as far as we can figure out. But please don\'t believe the foreign press!
Pray for us all
c |
See also:
http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=44828&group=webcast
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