Original Story Extradition efforts to commence: PM
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KATHMANDU, June 26, 2003
Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa said that necessary steps would be taken in the direction of extraditing Nepali prisoners serving sentences in foreign jails. The Prime Minister disclosed this in a meeting with the representatives of International Mission of Prisoners’ Transfer held here today.
The number of Nepalis seeking employment in foreign shores is on the rise rendering more and more Nepali citizens vulnerable to incarceration in foreign jails. However, Nepal has still not been able to create a database on the number of Nepalis in foreign prisons, let alone those working in foreign countries.
In today’s meet, the team of representatives suggested to the Prime Minister that Nepal should seek participation in the European Convention on Prisoners’ Transfer, to which more than 50 countries of Asia, Europe and America are signatories. The Convention allows extradition of prisoners between the signatory countries.
The Prime Minister informed that the suggestion would be forwarded to the Ministry of Law for taking necessary steps.
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