Nepal Government considers snooping bribery allegations

Nepal government is mulling investigating the bribery allegations with a possible Maoist-China link, after demands for a probe were raised by political parties and citizens groups alike.
The case involving UCPN-Maoist leader Krishna Bahadur Mahara surfaced after an audio tape was leaked to the media in which he was reportedly heard asking a Chinese official Rs50 crore, apparently for weaning away Madhesi lawmakers ahead of the seventh prime ministerial run off, and has led to an chaos in the country.

A demonstration was held in front of the Chinese deputation by youth organisation, Independent Youth Group Nepal.
The members of the group demonstrated against the reported intrusion by China in the political affairs of Nepal, and handed over a protest note to an embassy official.
Taking serious note of the allegations, the Nepalese cabinet said it is considering establishing a probe committee to look into the event."The government will ask the Constituent Assembly chairman Nemwang and the Attorney General on the issue of forming a probe pane to look into on the audio tape scandal," said government orator Shanker Pokharel.
In advance, Nepali Congress (NC) members and leaders of civil society submitted letters of complaint to the chairman of the constituent assembly (CA) Subash Chandra Nemwang.
A delegation comprising NC leaders, including chief beat in the Paliament, Laxman Ghimire, and general secretary Bimalendra Nidhi submitted a memorandum to Nemwang and expressed concern over the shame.

Maoist leader Mahara was allegedly heard demanding Rs500 million from a Chinese official allegedly to buy 50 lawmakers to ensure Prachanda's victory in the prime ministerial run-off.
Ahead of the seventh round of voting in the parliament, a delegation of civil society leaders also submitted a memorandum to Nemwang demanding that the voting be postponed and the allegations be thoroughly probed.