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Nepal court convicts ex-ministers over Bhutan refugee scam
KATHMANDU: A Nepali court has convicted two former government ministers for taking money from citizens with the false promise of international resettlement as refugees, officials said on Wednesday (Jul 8).Former deputy prime minister Top Bahadur Rayamajhi was convicted of offences against the state, fraud and organised crime, according to the Kathmandu District Court, which issued to the verdict on Tuesday.Former interior minister Bal Krishna Khand was convicted of being an accomplice in the case, in which at least 15 people in total were convicted.More than 100,000 ethnic Nepalis fled Bhutan in the early 1990s - around a sixth of the population - when the Buddhist kingdom made national dress compulsory and restricted the use of the Nepali language. The Nepali-speaking Lhotshampa were call
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