Army Says 105 Errant Soldiers Disciplined
The Royal Nepalese Army said it disciplined 105 soldiers and officers in the last year for abuses that included excessive use of force and murder.
Punishments have been as light as a warning and as severe as seven years in an army prison, which is the maximum sentence, said army spokesman Col. Deepak Gurung.
The disclosure came as a United Nations team was in Nepal to investigate the military’s alleged involvement in extrajudicial killings, disappearances, arbitrary arrests and torture while fighting Maoist rebels.
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