KUALA LUMPUR: Two individuals from the Wangsa Maju Federal Territory Residents' Representative Council (MPPWP) have been ordered to immediately vacate their positions following a viral video alleging they solicited protection money from a business premises.
Nepal 's former prime minister KP Sharma Oli being escorted by police as he is brought to the hospital following his arrest in Kathmandu on March 28, 2026. - AFP KATHMANDU: A Nepal court on Sunday extended by five days the detention of former prime minister KP Sharma Oli and his home minister after their arrest over alleged involvement in a deadly crackdown on the 2025 protests that ousted him.
Oli, 74, and ex-home minister Ramesh Lekhak were arrested in pre-dawn raids on Saturday, a day after Prime Minister Balendra Shah was sworn in following the first elections since the September uprising. They were arrested over their alleged involvement in the protest crackdown that killed at least 76 people, though neither man has been charged, and both deny responsibility for the violence. "The court has decided to permit five days extension," Kathmandu District Court information officer Deepak Kumar Shrestha told AFP. Shrestha noted that the court has also said the former prime minister should get the medical care he requires. Oli appeared in court via video-link from a hospital on Sunday, where he was admitted on Saturday following a procedural check-up. Police said Oli has heart and kidney issues. AFP reporters saw him being taken to a hospital on Saturday after his arrest, surrounded by a heavy police guard. The Supreme Court is due on Monday to consider a petition for Oli and Lekhak's release, court spokesman Arjun Prasad Koirala said. The arrests of Oli and Lekhak came after an inquiry commission recommended that the four-time ex-prime minister and other officials be prosecuted for failing to stop security forces from firing on demonstrators. The report says that statements given to the commission by Oli and Lekhak suggesting they did not know about the violence were part of a bid to shift responsibility and amounted to"criminal negligence".Ex-energy minister Deepak Khadka was also detained on Sunday"in a case relating to money laundering", Central Investigation Bureau spokesman Shiva Kumar Shrestha said. The unrest in early September began over a brief social media ban, but tapped into longstanding fury over economic hardship. It spread nationwide the following day as parliament and government offices were set ablaze, resulting in the collapse of Oli's government.Police barricaded roads on Sunday and used batons to drive back more than 100 of Oli's supporters near the court in the capital Kathmandu, an AFP photographer saw."The prime minister has made a hasty decision that could push the country towards confrontation," said Tejila Thapa, 44, a supporter of Oli.Home Minister Sudan Gurung has said Oli's and Lekhak's arrests were"not revenge against anyone, just the beginning of justice". Shah, a 35-year-old rapper-turned-politician, and his Rastriya Swatantra Party swept to power on a platform of youth-driven political change.Shah's government has unveiled an ambitious 100-point reform agenda including investigations into the assets of politicians and high-ranking officials. Before the uprising, Nepal ranked 107th out of 180 countries on Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index. The World Bank says a"staggering" 82 per cent of Nepal's workforce is in informal employment, with GDP per capita at just US$1,447 in 2024. - AFPIndonesia urges apps to comply as social media ban comes into forceSouth Korea weighs first driving curbs in 35 years on oil crunch
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