From: "Magnus Bernhardsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Peoples War] Developments in Nepal
http://www.kantipuronline.com/kol_news.html
http://www.nepalnews.com.np/
1) Police raid Maoist students� office
2) �Army opened fire in Rolpa�
3) Maoist students say government insincere
4) Maoists attacked in Parsa, situation tense
5) Ceasefire breaks before second round of peace talks
6) Deuba asks transporters to shun Maoists� pressure
Police raid Maoist students� office
KOL Report
KATHMANDU, Sept 10 - Police raided the Central Office of Maoist-aligned All
Nepal National Independent Students� Union- Revolutionary (ANNISU-R) on
Sunday and arrested a number of its members from the office.
According to Sadhuram Devkota, Kathmandu District President of ANNISU (R),
hundreds of policemen entered the office and arrested dozens of its
members. �Police also damaged the office and took away documents and
publications prepared for the student group�s 15th national convention
and the September 21 mass meeting,� Devkota said.
But the Home Ministry source confirmed the arrest of only 14 persons only
and said that the police investigation was underway. The source also
confirmed that the police confiscated some documents. Reports say that the
police raided the office after they received a tip-off that the office was
used as the Maoist�s Jana Adalat (People�s Court) to those convicted by
Maoists as the culprits.
A press release issued by Devendra Parajuli, Central President of the
ANNISU (R), has urged the government to immediately return back the
�looted� materials, including cash, and be responsible towards its
commitments. �If the Deuba government goes on behaving like the
�fascists�, we are ready to retaliate,� Parajuli said in the release.
(yo)
�Army opened fire in Rolpa�
KOL Report
ROLPA, Sept 10 - Maoist cadres were put in a state of high alert after
Royal Nepal Army (RNA) personnel, stationed hardly half a kilometer away
from the rebels, allegedly opened fire here last night.
�The Army opened fire all of a sudden last night. Local people are
frightened. This is an attempt of the government to derail the peace talks.
We are prepared for any type of encounter,� Rabindra, a local Maoist
leader, told Kantipur Online.
Royal Nepal Army personnel have been patrolling the area since Friday to
contain any tense situation that may arise prior to the Maoist meet,
planned for Monday in Liwang, the headquarters of Rolpa district.
�While the government commits to carry out peace talks on one hand, it
mobilizes Army on the other,� complained Rabindra. If such action from
the government persists, Army revolt against the government cannot be ruled
out, he said.
Meanwhile, sources said that security measures have been beefed up to
prevent any untoward incident in Liwang on Monday. They added that
government and Army officials held an informal meet with local Maoist
leaders Sunday evening to ensure that the meet takes place peacefully.
Understanding has been reached with the Maoists to allow police and Army to
conduct checks at various entry points to prevent participants from
carrying weapons into the meet. (yo)
Maoist students say government insincere
Maoist student loyalists Monday accused the government of insincerity and
repression while pursing talks with rebels to end the communist insurgency.
The accusations were leveled in a statement issued by the All Nepal
National Independent Students' Union President Sadhuram Debkota 24 hours
after police raided the (ANNISU) office in the capital arresting activists
and confiscating documents.
Debkota in the statement demanded the immediate and unconditional release
of 16 students arrested Sunday. "The government is not interested in talks
but violence. The government is curtailing a fundamental right to open
unions," the statement said. But the government has accused the insurgents
of extortion and spreading terror ahead of a planned public rally in the
capital September 21 as security forces have been put on full alert.
Government and opposition parties in parliament have asked rebels to call
off the meet fearing violence. Maoists have taken advantage of a truce
during peace talks to hold rallies nation-wide. Such a rally was held in
Birgunj Monday under tight security and another was planned in Rolpa.
The rally in Birgunj is near the villages in Parsa district where vigilante
groups shot dead at least one Maoist, injured several others and torched
houses of rebels Saturday accusing insurgents of extortion. The second
round of peace talks is expected to take place outside Kathmadu valley this
week. nepalnews.com br/sep10
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Maoists attacked in Parsa, situation tense
A vigilante group attacked some Maoists at a village in Parsa district as
security forces Sunday tried to restore peace in a tense area, a Home
Ministry spokesman said.
"A red alert has been issued. The situation is tense. Armed police have
been deployed. We may have to call in the army if the situation worsens,"
the Home Ministry source said.
The vigilante group attacked rebels who tried to collect donations from
aschool at Biruwa village and torched some houses where insurgents were
hiding, the source said. There have been no casualties although some
published reports Sunday said two persons died in clashes Saturday, the
source said.
Traffic along Pathalaiya-Birgunj was re-opened Sunday after roadblocks were
removed, the Home Ministry source said. Government has accused the rebels
of misusing a month long truce to
collect donations and spread terror.
Government and opposition in parliament have asked Maoists to called off a
public meeting in the capital on September 21 fearing violence.
nepalnews.com br Sept.9
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Ceasefire breaks before second round of peace talks
The month long cease-fire between government and Maoists was shattered
Saturday in Gorkha as two persons were injured in a firing by soldiers who
earlier nabbed three rebels with explosives before the second round of
peace talks, security sources said.
Soldiers fired after a mob went to the army barracks demanding the release
of arrested colleagues who were going to attend a mass meeting to
commemorate the death anniversary of a rebel leader who died a couple of
year ago in the district.
Government and rebels announced a cease-fire to prepare an atmosphere for
talks to end a communist insurgency that has claimed more than 1,800 lives
in nearly six years. Government has deployed security forces ahead of the
second round of talks as rebels broke a pledge to stop acts of violence,
officials said.
The second round of talks is being held before Tuesday but not in Rolpa as
suggested by insurgents, human rights activist and mediator Padma Ratna
Tuladhar told nepalnews Sunday. But this has not been officially confirmed
by the government as rebels agreed to meet within a fortnight after the end
of the first round of parleys.
Rolpa is the stronghold of the Maoists. The first round of preliminary
talks was held in Kathmandu Valley. nepalnews.com br Sept.9
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Deuba asks transporters to shun Maoists� pressure
BY A STAFF REPORTER
Kathmandu, Sept. 9: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba today asked the
transport entrepreneurs not to come under pressure of the Maoists and
provide their vehicles to the Communists for their use. He said the state
would provide security to the entrepreneurs.
"I appeal to you not to be afraid of their threats and give your vehicles
for their use," Deuba told the inaugural session of the two-day eighth
national convention of Nepal National Transport Entrepreneurs� Federation
(NNTEF) here this evening. "The government will guarantee your security."
Premier Deuba said people no longer believed that the Maoists had a good
intention. "They came for the talks in response to the government�s call
but they have not stopped their forceful activities as agreed and have been
terrorising people."
The government and the Maoists held the first round of talks last week in
which both sides had agreed not to use force to pave way for a peaceful
resolution of the six-year long problem. However, the Maoists have not
stopped their forceful activities despite repeated appeals from the
government.
Deuba said that it was undemocratic to force people to do something by
issuing threats and appealed to the Maoists to stop the forceful
activities, pressures and threats. "I appeal the Maoists to desist from
forceful activities like donation collection, threats, intimidation,
extortion, and the demand for vehicles and mobile phones," Deuba said. "I
still believe that the differences can be solved through talks."
He said transport entrepreneurs also should be guided by the principle of
service and not look for profit alone.
In his welcome address, NNTEF President Yogendra Nath Karmacharya demanded
with the government for the establishment of National Transport Development
Board for the proper development and management of transport sector.
He spoke on the need to construct a parking lot outside the Ring Road. "If
the government lacks resources, it can involve the private sector for the
construction limiting itself to technical assistance."
Karmacharya also stressed on the need to begin regular transport service
between Nepal and India for the development of Nepalese transport sector.
"But the new cross-border routes should be opened keeping in view the
religious and commercial sites."
NNTEF advisor and former Transport Minister Ganesh Bahadur Khatri said the
transport entrepreneurs faced problems due to pressures from the Maoists.
"Many entrepreneurs are absent in today�s convention due the threats of
the Maoists."
He demanded that the government create an environment where the transport
sector can thrive.
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