Dechen Doma Sherpa was told that she was a Sherpa so she had to prove that she's a Nepali. Yes, you are reading this correctly.

 

With a passport that had visa to come to the U.S  in hand, she was stopped at the airport in Kathmandu and was asked to prove that she is a Nepali citizen. In usual circumstances, a passport is proof enough. But, she had her citizenship book also, which she produced, and that was not enough either. And then the demand of Rs. 150,000 came, for her to get the 'right paperwork', so that she can travel. 

 

For any young person, who may not have travelled before to a foreign land, to go alone is in itself a nerve wrecking proposition. Add on that a corrupted goverment official, misusing his authority, who denies you to travel, despite having everything needed as per the goverment's rules. Imagine you haven't seen your loved one(s) for years, and finally everything has been sorted out for you to get to see him/her, after years of longing, and then you had to miss your flight, run around collecting cash to give to this corrupted scum of the earth, so that with his permission, you can leave. 

 

This happened to a young Dechen Doma Sherpa when she wasn't allowed to board her flight by this despicable man named Purna Bahadur Basnet at Tribhuwan International Airport. Dechen did have the presence of mind to record much of the conversation with her cell phone - both audio and video, when she could. You can listen and see much of the heinous crime on this ABC News video broadcasted in Nepal. 

 

Among many things, what struck me most was this conversatin between Dechen and this bastard Purna. 

Dechen: So, like me, when husbands bring us (aborad), others who legally travel go through this hardship?

Purna: Yes.

 

And don't we know that. 

There is this mentality among nepalese that last name with Gurung, Magar, Sherpa, Lama, Tamang etc are all Lahure and they got tons of money. Most of them are very sojo. So they are the easy victims of these currupt people.

pshrestha...people like you are the #1 reason why crooks like basnet get away with crime. Quit picking on him? is that a fking joke? this basnet guy needs to be made an example out of so that no one in any post dares to do anything similar. I don't give a shit if this guy is just a part of the system, he is caught red handed with video evidence, fk this guy and send him to jail and throw the keys away.

 Chaure, u just expressed my sentiments. People like pshrestha is the reason nepal is screwed up. Things are changing in Nepal. Can anyone feel it? We need to encourage it. It is not easy but it is not undoable. Dechen should be awarded the Woman of the Year award.

Noo fk no I am not supporting this guy at all . I think he should be punished to the full extent but let's not forgrt the other bosses around there who get cuts from acts like this let's punish them too

 This version of PM's interview is clear:
http://www.nepshow.com/2011/11/khabar-bhitra-ko-khabar-pms-live-radio.html

KATHMANDU, Nov 2: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Wednesday instructed Home Secretary Sushil Jung Bahadur Rana to immediately suspend three immigration officials for their alleged involvement in forcing Dichen Dolma Sherpa to pay bribe three weeks ago.

The main offender, office assistant Purna Bahadur Basnet, who forced Sherpa to pay Rs 1, 00,000 in bribe at Tribhuvan International Airport while she was headed for US, is at large since the incident took place.

 
"We have instructed Home Secretary Rana to suspend immigration officer Hari Prasad Neupane, senior immigration assistant Naina Bahadur Karki and computer officer Bishowantar Shukubhatu for abetting the bribe taking incident," said CIAA Spokesperson Ishowrari Paudel.

CIAA has also asked the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) to produce Neupane, Karki and Shukubhatu before the commission for further investigation. The MoHA will book them and produce them before the CIAA. Prime Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai had instructed Home Secretary Rana and CIAA Secretary Kafle to immediately initiate the process to punish those involved in bribe taking incident after Sherpa lodged a complaint at Prime Minister´s Office through Nepali Mission in New York.

"We asked the MoHA to suspend them immediately as they can damage the evidences of their involvement in the bribe taking incident," Paudel added.

Basnet and other immigration officials had blocked Sherpa from flying to the US on regular flight and she had to postpone her flight one week later.

Immigration officials had demanded the bribe by telling her that the documents she was carrying were forged. Sherpa had recorded the scenes of her coercion and tortures in audio-video format. She reported the incident along with all the evidences at New York based Nepali Mission. Main offender Basnet was suspended two weeks ago.

    
    
Published on 2011-11-02 21:17:14

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